Protecting Miles and Flora in The Turn of the Screw Essay -- Henry Jam

Protecting Miles and Flora in The Turn of the ScrewI saw my service so strongly and simply. I was there to protect anddefend the little creatures The governess sees it as her duty toprotect Miles and Flora. What do they need protection from and howdoes Henry James represent this in his smart The Turn of the Screw?Henry Jamess Turn of the Screw can be interpreted in many several(predicate)ways. He constructed his novel in order to make allusions to sexualtopics, (without stating anything explicitly) madness, ghosts and theVictorian society. In this essay I will be analysing each of the abovein order to make a conclusion as to what I think the peasantren needprotecting from.As for the ghosts being present or not, this can be argued. A pointarguing the ghosts are present is in the introduction of the level.The man telling the story said he knew the governess and he creditsthe story with being a real ghost tale and the governess as being areal hero. Another point suggesting the ghost s are present is thatwhen the governess sees Peter phoebe bird she is able to go back to MrsGrose with a fairly full description of him, even though she had neveractually met him whilst he was alive. Another aspect of the novel that shows the ghosts exist is thevocabulary used to describe Miles and flora. They are called cherubsand have religious connections made saying they are angelic. Thegoverness sees Flora as so very remarkable and the most beautifulchild ever seen. The children seem to be too perfect. Flora isdescribed as being the most perfect child yet so many supernaturalthings occurs it is quite unbelievable that she is so very sweet andinnocent.Going onto a point suggesting the g... ...s or over imagine, for example, when she seesMiles looking up she instantly is convinced he is not looking at her,but just above her and at a person and that person is Quint. Could thegoverness be 100% sure that Miles was looking above her and not ather? As I think the governess is ment ally unstable, the next step I see her winning is protecting her sexuality and safety. The governess producesan image which is the female ghost of Miss Jessel. This allows PeterQuint and Miss Jessel to be sexually involved and the governessprotecting herself.This leaves me to say, that the ghosts are a part of the governessesimagination. I think this because I do not find the governess areliable narrator. If anything the children need protecting from it isfrom the governess and her unstability. I think this is what broughtabout her wan behaviour.