The Governess In Chapter 18-21

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Foremost, in chapters 18-21, the governess is convinced that the ghost of peter quint and Miss Jessel manipulate the children. At the beginning of chapter 18, Miles distracts The Governess as Flora disappears from her sight, which whom she later finds Flora outside by the lake’s bank, and nevertheless tries to make Flora confess to Miss Jessel’s location at the end of chapter 19.
At the beginning of chapter 20, the governess visually see’s Miss Jessel and tries to point her out, although Mr. Gross does not see anyone. Additionally, the governess believes that its Miss Jessel speaks through Flora as Flora exclaims that she had never seen anything. Nerveless, The governess orders for the children to be separated in order to speak to Peter Quint

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