A turn of the Screw
In determining the meaning of the last chapter and the struggle between Peter Quint, theGoverness, and her pupil Miles, one must stop and think about what it is that they are trying to dobattle with. Throughout the story, there seems to be clear evidence that there is some sort of evilpower that is trying to transform the children, Miles and Flora, into tools of evil for Peter Quintand Miss Jessil. Or at least that is what the Governess seems to be witnessing during her task of The reader must make a choice as to what they believe to be true during the interactionswith the Governess and the ghosts (if there are ghosts) in the story. At first it seemed that theGoverness was out of touch with reality and had some mental issues of her own. But as theevidence revealed itself, it's clearly understood that there was a battle for her to fight. She was tofight for the safety of the children whom she had been appointed to care for. Th
This would mean that Miles chose good over the evil that Quint had made available tothe him. The Governess taunts the ghost by saying, "but heis lost to you forever!" The thought of not having the boy for his evil ways thus made him againpossess the boy and take his life. It was at the point when the Governess addressed the fact of Miles taking theletter that she noticed the image of Peter Quint had vanished. It may have been that Mileswas possessed by the spirt of Quint at this time. e Governess' firstimpression of the children was that they were angels; however, in time the children were marked aspossessed by the very evil that she had to protect them from. This occurs due tothe fact that Flora had never left the grounds of Bly, making it easy for the ghost to overcome thelittle girl. At this point,the Governess seems to have honed in as to how careful she would have to be when addressing theissues with Miles. And it was at this point when theGoverness thought that she had won the battle due to the fact that Miles confessed the wrong hehad done. But the battle for the life of Miles would prove to be the last chance to save the children. So while the actual fight is a chioce betweengood or evil, the choice in the children's minds is between the new Governess and the late Quintand Jessel. In the last chapter of this grueling struggle between the ghosts and the Governess the stageis set and the Governess had already lost the battle with Miss Jessel over Flora. This poses an obstacle for the ghost of Peter Quint to transform Miles into theevil that Quint wants him to be. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**N/A. It was his presence that makes the reader understand that he is trying toprevent Miles from telling the Governess about the relationship that they have, and what evils thathe planted into the little boy's mind to do at the school from which he was expelled. It is clear at this point that the children don't know who it is thatthey are playing these games with, which in fact is the only reason that they have gone this far.
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