The abundance of interpretations and critical analyses of The Turn of the Screw points out the ambiguity of Henry Jamess writing style The reality of the ghosts their character the nature of their relationship with the children the type of corrupting influence they exert on the children and the reason behind Miless dismissal are some of the ambiguous topics which have been at the centre of countless critical essays While the reality of the ghosts can be questioned in light of the narrators reli
The many essays and critiques of Henry Jamess Turn of the Screw presents us with several different approaches of how we can interpret and what we should make of this unusual ghost story James creates a sanctuary that allows the readers imagination to run wild bringing up the questions of whether there exists a crazy or sane Governess heterosexual or homosexual boy and ghosts or just terribly hidden guests Upon a first reading of such a story one might overlook all of these details Each individu
The Turn of the Screws Frame Narrative Henry James novel The Turn of the Screw has proved to be one of the most popular as well as extremely ambiguous tales of its time The novel begins with an introduction in which we have an un named narrator who is setting the scene for us the readers It starts with a group of friends who are gathered around a fireplace in the parlor of an old house to share gruesome stories with one another on the night of Christmas Eve This part of the story produces an in
The Turn of the Screw was written by Henry James back in 1898 The story focuses on a governess who was sent to a halfway house named Bly to help tutor and look after two kids who were expelled from their schools for being bad Within a few chapters of the story James influences the reader to think the children Miles and Flora are talking to and seeing ghosts that are encouraging the kids to do bad things I have thoroughly read the text and to me that does not seem like the case at all In actuali
Henry James was born in a time where social class and physical appearances where held in high esteem Wikipedia James being a modern writer rebelled from these ideas in his writings Examples of this rebellion can be found in how his characters act in his novel The Turn of The Screw In Jamess time ones class determined how one dressed spoke was treated by others their level of education and his job was all determined by class James has his characters both rebuke and follow the rules of class in t
The True Villian On the surface Henry James Turn of the Screw has all of the qualities of an innocent old fashioned ghost story but underneath there is much more The use of ambiguity appears frequently throughout the novel and the reader is left to decide a lot on their own Are the ghosts real Who can actually see the ghosts Which characters can the reader really rely on These questions can be answered in a variety of different ways but who is to say which answer is the correct one The biggest