The Turn Of The Screw Paper
Alex Downs
Bowser
English 10
1 Apr. 2013
The ghosts in
The Turn of the Screw are real because of textual evidence, the children's behavior, and the Governess's ability to describe the ghosts in vivid detail.
"The Strangeness of our Fate: The Governess and the Children." The Turn of the
Screw: Bewildered Vision. Terry Heller. Boston: Twayne, 1989. 85103. Twayne's
Masterwork Studies 26. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 30 Mar. 2013.
In his article, Terry Heller uses the children's disobedience, reactions, and behavior to justify that the ghosts that the Governess sees are real. When the Governess finds
Miles out in the yard, she talks with him. After the conversation, it seems that the children have found one of the Governess' weaknesses. She is afraid that her
suspicions of the ghosts are right. Through this event, the children are portrayed as evil.
Heller makes the argument the that the ghosts are real seem true. He does this by making events in the novel sound unreal and make the reader think that it must be of some supernatural power. "When she says she wants Miles to help her save him, she experiences a supernatural blast and chill that shake the room and put out her candle." "The Turn of the Screw." Novels for Students. Ed. David M. Galens. Vol. 16. Detroit:
Gale, 2002. 246271. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 31 Mar. 2013.
The critical essay, written by David Galens, addresses both sides of the debate in
The
Turn of the Screw
, which are that the ghosts are real and that the ghosts are actually hallucinations seen only by the Governess. The Article begins to discuss the appearances of the ghosts. Galens mentions how the ghosts appear to be portrayed as human rather than being ethereal like traditional ghost stories. He uses this as evidence to makes the ghosts appear real."after Miles shrieks and falls into the governess's arms, she realizes that, though she believes she has banished the ghost,
Bowser
English 10
1 Apr. 2013
The ghosts in
The Turn of the Screw are real because of textual evidence, the children's behavior, and the Governess's ability to describe the ghosts in vivid detail.
"The Strangeness of our Fate: The Governess and the Children." The Turn of the
Screw: Bewildered Vision. Terry Heller. Boston: Twayne, 1989. 85103. Twayne's
Masterwork Studies 26. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 30 Mar. 2013.
In his article, Terry Heller uses the children's disobedience, reactions, and behavior to justify that the ghosts that the Governess sees are real. When the Governess finds
Miles out in the yard, she talks with him. After the conversation, it seems that the children have found one of the Governess' weaknesses. She is afraid that her
suspicions of the ghosts are right. Through this event, the children are portrayed as evil.
Heller makes the argument the that the ghosts are real seem true. He does this by making events in the novel sound unreal and make the reader think that it must be of some supernatural power. "When she says she wants Miles to help her save him, she experiences a supernatural blast and chill that shake the room and put out her candle." "The Turn of the Screw." Novels for Students. Ed. David M. Galens. Vol. 16. Detroit:
Gale, 2002. 246271. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 31 Mar. 2013.
The critical essay, written by David Galens, addresses both sides of the debate in
The
Turn of the Screw
, which are that the ghosts are real and that the ghosts are actually hallucinations seen only by the Governess. The Article begins to discuss the appearances of the ghosts. Galens mentions how the ghosts appear to be portrayed as human rather than being ethereal like traditional ghost stories. He uses this as evidence to makes the ghosts appear real."after Miles shrieks and falls into the governess's arms, she realizes that, though she believes she has banished the ghost,