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Solomon's "The Return Of The Screw" - Papers Online

Solomon's "The Return Of The Screw"

Mrs. Grose, playing cleverly on the governess' visions, convinces
her she is seeing Peter Quint and Ms. Jessel in an effort to drive her mad.
At least, that is according to Eric Solomon's "The Return of the Screw."
Mrs. Grose tries to remove the governess to get to Flora.
Mrs. Grose will do anything to gain control of Flora, as she proved
when she murdered Peter Quint. He, along with Ms. Jessel, was too much of
an influence on the children. Quint died somewhat mysteriously, on a path
between town and Bly. He died from a blow on the head, supposedly from
falling upon a rock in the road. The reader's only impression of the
death is through Mrs. Grose's story, though, and so, ...

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way. If the governess
sees real ghosts, or if she is imagining it all, does not matter. What
matters is that Mrs. Grose tailors Quint and Jessel to the governess'
descriptions. She listens to the descriptions and tells the governess'
she is seeing Quint and Jessel. Mrs. Grose does not herself create the
visions that the governess sees, instead, she bends them to her purpose.
The governess' visions of ghosts are twisted by Mrs. Grose. When the
governess reports seeing a ghost, Mrs. Grose seizes the opportunity,
exclaiming that the ghost she sees must be Peter Quint. She also labels
the other apparition as the ghost of Ms. Jessel. In this way, she can
give the ghosts an evil quality, imparted to them because of the evil
lives of Quint and Jessel. Making the ghosts evil forces the governess'
Victorian mind to attempt to shield the children from the evil. Mrs. Grose
knows the governess will read too far into the children's actions, and
with the governess' conclusions to ...

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Added: 4/3/2006 05:20:59 AM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 792
Pages: 3

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