Fear And Loathing: The Turn Of The Screw By Henry James

Life in Fear and Loathing
Boo! In Henry James’ novella The Turn of the Screw, the Greene theory is the most plausible explanation of the events. The Governess is the murderer of Peter Quint and Miss Jessel, and Quint and Jessel return to haunt Bly. The events result in Mrs. Grose gaining a sense of trepidation around the Governess while her plans to take over Bly are unsuccessful. The Governess has no limits when it comes to getting what she desires.
After killing Quint and Jessel, the Governess comes to Bly to carry out the rest of her machination. She begins by applying to work at the palatial Bly home after very chary waiting for the job opportunity to open up. The children at Bly behave consummately and feign having a sweet personality
Flora and Miles never speak about Quint and Jessel because they pretend to be ignorant regarding the topic of the ghosts at Bly.7+8 The Governess’ first sighting of Quint takes place on the tower roof. She describes how “He did stand there!- but high up, beyond the lawn and at the very top of the tower…” (James 310). Quint stays speechless, hoping to daunt the Governess and maker her leave Bly.12 Shortly after the roof sighting, Quint appears outside of the window, being auspicious that the Governess will become scared. The Governess recalls, “His face was close to the glass…” (James 316). The Governess remains completely scared after the encounter at the window before church and goes to Mrs. Grose for help because she is now aware that Quint appears to intimidate her.13 Miles goes on the lawn at night to talk to Quint because the Governess sleeps during the later hours of the night, so no one will notice him.10 Jessel scares the Governess the most when she appears across the pond for the second time. Mrs. Grose claims not to see Miss Jessel because she knows it will be a jocular prank towards the Governess.19 She asks Flora and Mrs. Grose, “’You don’t see her exactly as we see’” (James 382). The Governess goes mad after this event because her peers deny the ghost, and to add to the madness, Flora fakes becoming ill.18 Flora gets to the
She is surprised at how fearful she becomes of the ghosts and fails to realize what they are capable of when it comes to mental destruction. The Governess underestimates the children’s ability to scare the woman, resulting in the Governess banishing Flora from Bly. The Governess feasibly declares, “He must take them away” (James 353). She cannot handle Flora’s games anymore and decides to take her out of the situation by sending her away to London. Mrs. Grose becomes very assiduous in getting the Governess to contact the Uncle because the woman goes crazy and needs someone to oust the Governess form her job.14 The Governess becomes over-fearful of the ghosts and attempts to gather evidence against them. The Governess recalls being “…so determined to have all… proof…” (James 402). Since nobody at Bly arrogates to believe the Governess, she starts to doubt herself and needs proof that the ghosts are real. The Governess remains successful in the sense that she kills one of the children. She grabs Miles with “…what a passion…heart…had stopped” (James 403). Miles truly sees Quint in the dining room and he acts as if Quint is evil, but the Governess catches on and receives motive to kill the boy.21 Miles acts as one of her main targets and succeeds in murdering him. When Flora leaves Bly, the Governess’ plan to take over the home with no witnesses results in