Turn of the screw is
a short story by Henry James. People gathered at the country house
and started telling ghost stories, that is the beginning of the story.
Then a woman began to tell the experience that she had years before.
She had the job of
looking after of two children at a gentle mans house house, where the
one who looked after the children before died. The gentlemen was
their uncle, who said that she would never contact him for any case
of the children. By keeping this in mind she went to the country
house. But she finds that the children was awesome. Their name was
Flora and Miles. Miles had once expelled from his school under some
reasons. But Miles was extraordinary in his lessons, that pleased her.
Once in evening
when she was walking, she sees a man at top of one of the tower with
a terrifying face in searching for someone. She said that to the
housekeeper.Again she saw him looking through a window, again
searching for someone. The house keeper founds that he was an old employee
of the house, named Peter Quint. He was dead. After some days she came to see shadow of a women, Jessele , the maid who was looking the children before her. That
time she was with flora. She ignored the figure.
After this she began
to suspect the children. Many questions arose in her mind, is the
children in contact with the ghost?, and what do this ghost want? She
becomes more tensed as the the story proceeds. Then she began to be
in a dilemma that she has to leave the house or save the children
from the evil spirits.
As the story
continues the ghost began to appear at the windows, at bottom of the
stairs and she who tries to protect the children from the ghosts.
Like this the story becomes thrilling and interesting. Children behaved
strangely especially Miles.Miles and Flora didn't behaved like
children. Mile was at the age of 10 and he behaved like an adult.
The maid who looked after them was 20 and experienced. From the
beginning itself she was very close ad affectionate to the children.
This becomes a reason for tension as she recovers what is happening to
the children, but she couldn't find the reason behind this. And she
also understands that the affection towards the children was not of
hers.the reason behind the role played by Jessle and quint is not clearly mentioned in the story, and the relationship of them with the children.
As we reads on we
may think that the ghost and all are her illusions . Like that the 'Turn of The
Screw' is a simple, interesting ghost story..
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