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Henry James constructs an epic novel of romance and mystery, engendering many interpretations of Turn of the Screw. James intentionally creates ambiguity by utilizing an incomplete frame to introduce the atmosphere of a ghost story through its diction, setting, and tone, in order to capture an active reader who must interact with the text. Frames hold a distinct purpose to provide insight and background to the coming story, which James succeeds in, but goes one step farther. James introduces the

Henry James' The Turn of the Screw Peter G. Beidler informs us that there have been “hundreds” of analyses of Henry James’ spine-tingling novella, The Turn of the Screw (189). Norman Macleod suggests that James himself seems to be “an author intent on establishing a text that cannot be interpreted in a definite way” (Qtd in Beidler 198). Yet, the vast majority of analyses of The Turn of the Screw seem to revolve around two sub-themes: the reality of the ghosts and the death of Miles both of

Being a fan of horror novels and especially ghost stories, I’ve been eager to make my way to more of the classics so as to see for myself where horror originated. The Turn of the Screw is one those, featuring two children who appear to be consorting with ghosts and a governess who’s sole purpose in life has become to save the children from these evil spiritual entities. Intriguing, but the incredible dense writing really killed this for me despite its short length. Interestingly enough though,

Crank by Ellen Hopkins Should have won IRA Young Adult Choice Awards The book Crank was published in 2004. This book takes place in the Summer of Kristina’s summer of her Junior Year. At the age of 16 she’s living in Reno, Nevada with her mom Marie, and step father Scott. Kristine a regular Honor roll student is about to take her life for the worst. When her mom decides to send Kristine to Albuquerque to see her biological father who she hasn’t seen or talked to in years. She was only going for

on should drink unclean water!." Therefore during the weekends Tania is learning how to bring clean water to her community. Jairo and Tania community may not have power but, the people from their village develop a way to generate power for simple machines by using a bicycle which they call it "biketricity." In the future, when Jairo graduates from high school "secundaria" he will become an electrician so he can bring power to his village.

Sane or Insane? By Alex Gimenez Sane or Insane? That is the question, and only the author Henry James knew the answer. There has been a lot of speculation about The Turn of the Screw, and what makes it so interesting is that Henry James never tells the reader if the ghosts are real or if the governess is sane or insane. That leaves the interpretation of the governess' mental state up to the reader. The governess is the one that tells most of the story, and in my opinion, she proves herself to

Eyeballing the Gatorade bottle as it became full of smoke, I knew I had caved into peer pressure. Peer pressure can be a big obstacle for lots of teens. Although peer pressure can sometimes be a positive, it is often harmful and damaging. That type of negative influence from one's peers can lead them to try things they usually would have no interest in trying. When I was about to turn thirteen, I learned just how true my previous statement was. All it took for me to experience peer pressure for the

Is Henry James' The turn of the Screw a traditional ghost story? Ghost stories are found way back in history, some dating back to the Victorian times. The Victorians were known to be greatly interested in ghosts and the supernatural and showed this fascination through telling ghost stories. The telling of ghost stories was used as a way of entertainment especially around Christmas time and it was also very common for upper class Victorians to participate in seances where they would try

Narrative "frames" and Ambiguity in The Turn of The Screw            Since it was written, Henry James' The Turn of The Screw has been acclaimed by numerous critics to be one of the most immaculate, engrossing and terrifying ghost stories ever produced. Harriet Waters Preston described it as, "a sheer mortal horror, like the evil dream of a man under the spell of a deadly drug"1, and Gertrude Atherton said, "[it] is the most horrifying ghost story ever written!"2 I will argue that it

Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw is written with one clear and true ending where Miles dies and the readers are left to guess the rest for themselves. Or is it? Right from the prologue, a reader may assume that Miles and Douglas are indeed the same person, but when the reader sees, “and his little heart, dispossessed, had stopped.” P.403 one dismisses that theory as lost, but it isn’t. Perhaps one ignore the idea because of many unclear allusions to discrepancies. James’ use of deliberate vagueness