Introduce the Topic: Currently in class we are reading The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis. The realistic fiction book takes place in Afghanistan‚ and features Parvana (protagonist) and her family. They’re very poor‚ and constantly struggling to survive with the Taliban rule. With the mother depressed‚ and the father arrested‚ Parvana must take charge and care for her family. We’ve also taken a look at the non-fiction Kids of Kabul‚ also by Deborah Ellis‚ which interviews real kids in Kabul‚ and their
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a Lady‚ a governess During the Victorian Times‚ being a governess was a good occupation for middle- class women who wanted to keep their status. To work as a governess was not an easy job‚ but it was one of the few opportunities for women to get a job. In the novel Jane Eyre‚ the role of the governess is well represented as Jane is humble and submissive‚ she has to teach and take care of Adele and her social status is above servants but below her master. To become a governess you had to
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She was typically a single‚ middle-class woman who had to earn her own living. Although being a governess might be a degradation‚ employing one was a sign of culture and means. The psychological situation of the governess made her position unenviable. Her presence created practical difficulties within the Victorian home because she was neither a servant nor a member of the family. She was from the same social
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level LITERATURE IN ENGLISH Paper 3 Poetry and Prose Additional Materials: *7201044287* 9695/03 October/November 2008 2 hours Answer Booklet/Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet‚ follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write
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to discuss as far as the sexual abuse is concerned is ‘The Little Governess’ by K. Mansfield : 1. The Victorian Governess Novel As many readers of Victorian novels know‚ the governess was indeed a common figure in fiction of that period. The governess novel must be connected with the nineteenth-century anxiety concerning middle-class female employment in general‚ and governess work in particular. The social position of a governess was ambivalent. She was not a member of the family and would be treated
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In Henry James’s novella The Turn of the Screw‚ the Governess is thrust into a strange atmosphere. At first‚ she brings relative stability to the household. Caring for Flora seems like an absolute dream for her and Mrs. Grose proves to be a dear confidante. Problems begin to arise at the return of Miles from school. The Governess begins to see a ghosts and the house is thrown into disarray. Her erratic behavior undoes all her work and destabilizes Bly to the point which Flora no longer feels safe
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Psychosexual problem of governess in “The Turn of the Screw”¬¬¬ The Turn of the screw by Henry James is regarded as one of the most fascinating psychological thrillers of all time. Published in the late nineteenth century‚ this novella sets up a narrative story of a young lady who appears to have seen the ghost of the former dead employers of the place where she was working. In this novella Henry James combined drama‚ suspense‚ and mystery to make it one of the most preferred stories among
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The Turn of the Screw by Henry James‚ depicts a deranged and highly imaginative young women depending on how one reads it. The repression of her feelings towards the man causes great distress and leads to the psychosis of the governess. The governess agrees to take on the position as caretaker and teacher of the children‚ yet she has no clue how distant and remote the area is where she will be living. She also has no idea how alone she is going to be. Being only a young woman she is impressed by
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thoughts of our narrator. In his novel The Triple Thinkers: Twelve Essays on Literary Subjects‚ Wilson comes to the conclusion that “ the governess who is made to tell the story is a neurotic case of sex repression‚ and the ghosts are not real ghosts but hallucinations of the governess” ( Wilson‚88). Having limited knowledge of the readers narrator the governess‚ Edward Wilson’s paratext opens up an explanation of her unreliability that could be caused by her sexual repression which is pertinent to
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were not usually allowed in powerful positions. In The Turn of the Screw‚ the governess‚ a young and inexperienced woman‚ assumes the responsibility of two children and of an entire estate. All of these accountabilities result in the mental instability of the governess. In Henry James’s novella‚ he demonstrates the inability of females to be in a powerful
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