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Essay / Turn of the Screw Character Analysis - 1001
Miles seems to be disciplined and tries to please the governess as much as he can. Undecided about her worrying emptiness, the governess remains on her guard. It worries Mrs. Grose that the governess spends a lot of time observing Miles, instead of educating Flora. It is not appropriate for a governess to be associated with the young master. There are elements of pedophilia in the relationship between the governess and Mile, in chapter 11 James writes “he leaned forward and kissed me. It was practically the end of everything” (46). She goes to Miles' room and sits on his bed in the middle of the night, even hugging him. Miles is corrupted by sexuality, with a missing childish innocence and a brutal approach to forbidden intimacy. The reason he was expelled from school is believed to have to do with the ambiguous letter announcing that Miles had been expelled from school. It's a strange mix of attraction and repulsion between Miles and the governess's sexuality. One of the most difficult ideas in The Turn of the Screw is whether the ghosts are real or just a figment of the governess's imagination. As haunting as ghosts may seem, the real fear is what society feared. Each of the relationships between the characters indicates the violation of social class and hidden sexuality. With examples of pedophilic activity, relationships developing between people of different social classes, and children being corrupted to the point of adultery, the narrative focuses on dark themes. The inequality of social classes is highlighted through the characters’