"The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life." Stated Henry James in "The Art of Fiction" page 437. I agree with Mr. James that feelings and ambitions formed in characters do represent life. The idea of characters and how real they should is represented in page 440. <br> <br>Characters‚ in my opinion‚ form the novel itself. It is the characters and incidents corresponding in a novel‚ which make a good one. There are two kinds of characters: the round character
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chose to analyze a passage from the prologue‚ on the second page of Turn of the Screw‚ by Henry James. It reads: “‘It is in old faded ink and in the most beautiful hand.’ He hung fire again. ‘A woman’s. She had been dead these twenty years. She sent me the pages in question before she died.’ They were all listening now‚ and of course there was somebody to be arch‚ or at any rate to draw the inference.” (James 2) Douglas‚ the speaker‚ goes out of his way to note that the manuscript was written in
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Henry James‚ the author of “The Turn of the Screw”‚ never meant for the short story to be more than a regular ghost story. In fact‚ he himself often called it a mere fairy tale. Nevertheless‚ the short story has become a the source of literary debate that centers around this question: are the ghosts the governess sees real ghosts‚ or are they simply a part of her wild imagination? There is evidence to go along either side‚ but it is apparent that most evidence leads to the fact that the governess
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1. Henry James’s theory of the novel‚ introduced in his critical essay The Art of Fiction‚ has been considered as “playing an important part in the definition of the new conventions of the modernist novel” (Dobrinescu‚ 203). The theory’s central point or main concern has to do with‚ as Hopkins considers‚ “taking the novel (and‚ consequently‚ theoretical discussion of the novel) seriously”. For James‚ the novel corresponds to the ultimate art form and it should have a position the community as such
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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
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Forbidden Subjects One of the most challenging features of “The Turn of the Screw” is how frequently characters make indirect hints or use vague language rather than communicate directly and clearly. Throughout Henry James’s novel there is a theme of forbidden subject‚ which demonstrate the lack of communication between characters. The use of silence along with visual and written accounts express the feelings between characters. James’s use of interior monologues allows the reader to formulate
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Henry James Thoreau was a famous writer who viewed civilization as too ordinary. He wanted to experience life outside of his daily routine‚ so he lived in a cabin in the woods for a while. Most people believed that Thoreau was right to disagree with the basics of society. Because of this‚ he was put on a pedestal that shouldn’t have been created for him. Thoreau wrote a story called Walden based on his time spent in the woods‚ away from civilization. I believe that some of the points he makes within
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What enduring image of the grandmother …………? In the short story The Portrait of a Lady‚ the author KS describes a special bond between himself and his grandmother. He narrates how the relationship develops over the years and changes as the grandson grows up and the grandmother grows older. The story also offers an image of the old lady in a poignant manner. The author was left in the care of his grandmother in the village while his parents were settling down in the city. The old lady was both a
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In Henry James’s novel‚ The Turn of the Screw‚ the governess takes the motherly role of trying to protect Miles and Flora from the “devilish” ghosts that she encounters at Bly. She takes this stance of protecting the children to gain favor with the uncle. “It was a pleasure at these moments to feel myself tranquil and justified; doubtless‚ perhaps‚ also to reflect that by my discretion‚ my quiet good sense and general high propriety‚ I was giving pleasure – if he ever thought of it! – to the person
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of Turn of the Screw Henry James was one of the most famous writers during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was known as an innovative and independent novelist. His novel‚ The Turn of the Screw‚ written in 1898‚ has caused a lot of controversy among many critics and each of them interprets it in a different way. Turn of the Screw builds a close relationship between the novel and it’s readers. The reactions to this can be psychologically analyzed by how James developed his story. He
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