1. The Turn of the Screw - Psychological Perspective
... , when the Governess suddenly saw a stranger at the tower, she felt "two distinct gasps of emotion;" at first she was shock then surprised. The readers imagine the sharp emotion raised inside the Governess, feel her heart beating faster, and probably experience the terror themselves. When the Governess first met Flora, she described the little girl as a "radiant image" and "angelic beauty ... mask of reprobation... her incomparable childish beauty had suddenly failed, had quite vanished... she had turned common and almost ugly." James used these opposite descriptions to stress on the cha...
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- Approx Pages: 12
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- Grade Level: High School