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The Role Of Ghosts In The Turn Of The Screw
In The Turn of the Screw there were many mysteries, but the biggest mystery was how did Miles die in the arms of the Governess after saying the name of the ghost, “Peter Quint- You devil”. This mystery illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole because the reader can conclude many ways of how he had died. For example, we can say that he had died since the evil spirit of the ghost left the body of MIles, the Governess was holding him to hard, or that he died in shock and fear. The death of Miles contradicts the whole story because we had thought that Miles was a friend of the ghosts but at the end we realize that he either never wanted the ghost to come or we can say that he had called the Governess a devil and never wanted her.
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