In determining the meaning of the last chapter and the struggle between Peter Quint, the
             Governess, and her pupil Miles, one must stop and think about what they are trying to do
             battle with. Throughout the story, there seems to be clear evidence that there is some evil
             power trying to transform the children, Miles, and Flora, into tools of evil for Peter Quint
             and Miss Jessie. Or at least that is what the Governess seems to be witnessing during her task of
             The reader must choose as to what they believe to be true during the interactions
             with the Governess and the ghosts (if there are ghosts) in the story. At first, it seemed that the
             The governess was out of touch with reality and had some mental issues of her own. But as the
             evidence revealed itself, it's clearly understood that there was a battle for her to fight. She was to
             fight for the safety of the children whom she had been appointed to care for. The Governess's first
             impression of the children was that they were angels; however, in time, the children were marked as
             possessed by the very evil that she had to protect them from.
             In the last chapter of this grueling struggle between the ghosts and the Governess, the stage
             is set, and the Governess had already lost the battle with Miss Jessel over Flora. This occurs because Flora had never left the grounds of Bly, making it easy for the ghost to overcome the
             little girl. But the battle for the life of Miles would prove to be the last chance to save the children.
             As for Miles, he had stayed at a school away from Bly for about a year giving him a chance to have
             other experiences. This poses an obstacle for Peter Quint's ghost to transform Miles into the
             evil that Quint wants him to be. The children don't know who it is that
             they are playing these games with, which is the only reason they have gone this far. If
             the children knew who they were in contact with, they would've recogni...