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In The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, the governess’ sanity is constantly questioned. James initially displays the governess as a lovely agreeable woman, then adds aspects to her character that may be seen as insane. However, as a whole, the governess’ actions and character traits confirm her sanity. The governess is sane because she tries to protect the children and makes rational decisions. Furthermore, she is not the only one that senses the ghosts. Since the governess’ only goal is…

old with no ride. During the summer heat I would usually ne staying inside with the A/C on blast in comfort. But during one of those summer weeks I had a few friends over, which just spread out the boredom between us all equally. We decided to take turns riding double tearing up and down the gravel back country roads. We usually were found riding in fields that had nothing planted in them and up the muddy cricks that were used as irrigation for the fields. That was when we noticed something off…

The Turn of the Screw and The American by Henry James are both amazing pieces of literature that share the same author yet differ stylistically and rhetorically. Both The American and The Turn of the Screw are written in a style unique to Henry James, but have certain rhetorical devices and style choices that differ from the other. The Turn of the Screw and The American are often considered different on account of their unique content and use of rhetorical devices, yet they still share the same…

To start, the framework of the Turn of the Screw cannot follow Propp’s structure exactly, but it does have a loose organization. It can also fit Aristotle’s sense of framework. There is a sequence of events that occur - the prologue, the arrival of the governess, the change in dynamic…

corruption but over all i 'd say that I would tend to agree with the actions but some I may not. We have many more problems that will be discussed on a later date for now id like to discuss the Political bosses, The effects that industrialization at the turn of the century had and also the statement provided above on the progressive era. My position on this statement would be the factoring on how it is presented to the bad situations. So in a way i would say that it was the right…

• According to the book Turn the Ship Around: A True Story of Turning Followers into Leaders by L. David Marquet "...personalities come and go but institutional mechanisms endure and embed the change in an organization" (56). By working cooperatively and identifying the specific strategies that work for students, change can begin to happen in seventh grade at West Shore Middle School. • After reviewing the recent West Shore Middle School Smarter Balanced scores, I would like to request further…

Left Turn I sat on the wet, cold grass. Blood trickled from my chin. I wiped it with a gauze pad a paramedic gave me. In spite of everything that had just happened, I was okay. It was like I was in the middle of a horror movie. The scene around me was unthinkable: flashing lights, sirens, people yelling, running in different directions like ants scurrying to build underground tunnels. Twisted and burned metal objects once resembling cars and trucks lined the narrow road. Sheet-covered bodies…

therefore, any sexual repression had to remain unsatisfied. James takes sexual repression to an all-time high, by subtly writing about sexuality. Obviously, James- pioneering a new age of literary knowledge chose to present a contradictory view in The Turn of the Screw. Perhaps most contradictory is James’ allusions at numerous incestuous relationships within the story. Not only is there mention of a desired relationship between the Governess and her employer, but as I previously mentioned,…

Literary Techniques and the Horror of The Turn of the Screw One purpose of Henry James’ gothic novella The Turn of the Screw is to instill fear in the reader. There are several features of this work that make the story horror inducing; first, James’ deals with the idea of the corruption of innocence of children. In the story’s opening chapter, the observation is made that the corruption of a child in a ghost story “adds a particular touch” (James 115). Fear is also associated with the…

with a Bohemian crowd of poets, writers and musicians, the home of the River Thames. The city’s growth was spectacular. A census in 1851 registered 2-1/2 million people in a total of ninety square miles of space, “…up from around a million at the turn of the century.” (Johnson, S. p.12) London was economically diverse with its opulent townhouses of Mayfair and Kensington surrounded by streets of poverty and foul smelling industry. . The storefronts and pubs were in first level…