builds a close relationship between the novel and it’s readers. The reactions to this can be psychologically analyzed by how James developed his story. He raises rhetorical questions‚ provides an unreliable narrator‚ unexpected changes‚ an interesting prologue‚ and useful imagery in order to provide a sense of vagueness that only the readers
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The governess shows no fear of the ghosts physically hurting the children‚ merely that the figures of Jessel and Quint will corrupt their innocence. To the governess‚ the idea of the innocent children being corrupted by these figures is much more terrifying then the ghosts physically harming or killing the children or herself. The corruption itself is ambiguous as the type of corruption is never clarified
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Alex Downs Bowser English 10 1 Apr. 2013 The ghosts in The Turn of the Screw are real because of textual evidence‚ the children’s behavior‚ and the Governess’s ability to describe the ghosts in vivid detail. "The Strangeness of our Fate: The Governess and the Children." The Turn of the Screw: Bewildered Vision. Terry Heller. Boston: Twayne‚ 1989. 85103. Twayne’s Masterwork Studies 26. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 30 Mar. 2013. In his article‚ Terry Heller uses the children’s disobedience
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did not specialize in ghost stories‚ but more or less‚ they seemed to specialize in me’. 2. Why does John want the ghost to disappear before his wife appears on the scene ? 3. What made Lavinia buy a Ouija board? How did the narrator react to her doing? 4. What is your impression of Mrs. Lavinia? 5. How did the narrator react to the appearance of the ghost? 6. Why was Helen‚ the ghost going on strike? What condition did she lay for providing help? Or Why was the ghosts angry with the Ouija
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country know story. Soon the idea of the Myrtles Plantation being haunted spread as fast as wild fire. The place was popping up everywhere‚ LIFE magazine‚ Houses of Horror book‚ and more. Of course‚ more "ghost stories" were made‚ but none have been proven with factual evidence. The Myrtles‚ a place that housed many owners who all had their share of bad luck in it. A placed suspected to be greatly haunted‚ but only an old house with creaks and cracks in it. Even though the stories aren’t real the
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for The Bird of Night (1972); and the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize for The Albatross (1971)‚ a collection of short stories. Her other novels include Strange Meeting (1971)‚ set during the First World War‚ In the Springtime of the Year (1974)‚ Air and Angels (1991)‚ and most recently‚ The Service of Clouds (1998). The Woman in Black (1983)‚ a Victorian ghost story‚ was successfully adapted for stage and television and Mrs de Winter (1993) is a sequel to Daphne du Maurier ’s Rebecca. Susan
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The Turn of the Screw?” The Turn of the Screw is a very suggestive and highly ambiguous story. Its suspense and horror is generated primarily by what is not said and what isn’t shown. Because of the vague and very mysterious story‚ the viewer is compelled to fill in the blanks from his/her own personal fears. The audience ultimately conjures up a more horrifying set of images and circumstances. The story is set in the 1840’s‚ in a country home in Essex‚ England. The protagonist is a governess
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Practice” evaluates Edmund Wilson’s 1934 essay‚ “The Ambiguities of Henry James” where he turned the analytical screw of the novella. She reiterates Wilson’s claim that The Turn of the Screw “is not‚ in fact‚ a ghost story‚ but a madness story‚ a study of a case of neurosis: the ghosts‚ accordingly‚ do not really exist; they are but figments of the governess’s sick imagination‚ mere hallucinations and projections symptomatic of the frustration of her repressed sexual desires” (Felman 199). Wilson’s
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5-(a): What genre of stories does Jenkins want the narrator to write? Why? Answer 5-(a): Jenkins had always called upon Hallock whenever he wanted a ghost story to be published in his magazine. John’s ghosts were live propositions as Jenkins called them. This time again Jenkins wanted Hallock to come up with another supernatural thriller‚ which would give the readers horrors and that is what the public wanted too. Question 5-(b): Does the narrator like writing ghost stories? Support your answer with
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Arthur Kipps o Introduced in the novel as an old man describing his younger self as arrogant. o A young solicitor looking for a higher position in his law firm. o A typical ghost story main character‚ a sceptic‚ a non-believer- “I never thought of myself as a fanciful man”. o He was sent to CG to deal with the papers of Mrs Alice Drablow. o He is a little stuck up and believes that he is above the country people-
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