Mrs Grose on the way to see the Master while in the Cart with Flora, recalling the terrible things the Governess has done. Mrs Grose intends to expose the Governess to the Master:
I too should share the blame, my incompetence was extreme. In way I indeed was an accomplice, I spurred on her treacherous thoughts and even worse in fact, I intensified them. However, she [the governess] was insane. The belief she held that my dear and innocent Miles and Flora held evil nature was preposterous. I have to tell him, I have to tell my master or else the unthinkable may occur...
She was clearly insane, these were not merely the sightings of ghosts but rather something more, something more sinister. The description of her encounter with the awful Quint as a "collision" rather than something more evil clearly conveys that she couldn't differentiate between the good and the bad. Also, the complexity of her unpredictable nature was …show more content…
I can conclude with accuracy that they are not what the governess claims that they are. They do what children do as they have displayed countless times to me and the governess their innocence- “took him to my heart for was something divine” Miles is certainly divine and his innocence was clear for even the governess to see. Also, Flora is an angel amongst angels and even though they have suffered in their previous experiences their brightness still illuminates. The governess agreed that their past experiences were traumatic- “Miles and Flora saw more – things terrible and unguessable and that sprang from dreadful passages of intercourse in the past” her lack of morals are insane and I can no longer watch the governess look after the children in this manner. I fear the worst and sincerely hope that Miles is
I too should share the blame, my incompetence was extreme. In way I indeed was an accomplice, I spurred on her treacherous thoughts and even worse in fact, I intensified them. However, she [the governess] was insane. The belief she held that my dear and innocent Miles and Flora held evil nature was preposterous. I have to tell him, I have to tell my master or else the unthinkable may occur...
She was clearly insane, these were not merely the sightings of ghosts but rather something more, something more sinister. The description of her encounter with the awful Quint as a "collision" rather than something more evil clearly conveys that she couldn't differentiate between the good and the bad. Also, the complexity of her unpredictable nature was …show more content…
I can conclude with accuracy that they are not what the governess claims that they are. They do what children do as they have displayed countless times to me and the governess their innocence- “took him to my heart for was something divine” Miles is certainly divine and his innocence was clear for even the governess to see. Also, Flora is an angel amongst angels and even though they have suffered in their previous experiences their brightness still illuminates. The governess agreed that their past experiences were traumatic- “Miles and Flora saw more – things terrible and unguessable and that sprang from dreadful passages of intercourse in the past” her lack of morals are insane and I can no longer watch the governess look after the children in this manner. I fear the worst and sincerely hope that Miles is