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While learning about them from personal experience may be difficult, applying known facts from factual texts to informational texts can deepen one’s understanding of apparitions and apparitional experiences. Apparitional Experiences: A Primer on Parapsychological Research and Perspectives helps the reader understand the basics of apparition; what types there are, their characteristics, and the characteristics/situations of who sees them. This article explores the different reasons apparitions show up, what they are expected to look like based on research, as well as stories of those who have seen apparitions. Through reading the article, it makes it simpler to understand the feeling of an apparitional experience, and relate to the character. …show more content…

Characteristics of the apparitions were key in the story Turn of the Screw, not only for the visualization of the story, but also to display a meaning that is only significant when the apparitions had the characteristics that they did. When recalling the first encounter with Miss Jessel, the governess wrote, “Suddenly..on the other side of the Sea of Azof, we had an interested spectator. The way of this knowledge gathered me was the strangest thing in the world-the strangest, that is, except the very much stranger in which it quickly merged itself” (James 24). According to Apparitional Experiences, “many apparitions are described by witnesses as being solid looking and life-like” (Williams 5). This correlates directly to the governess’ sights of Miss Jessel, who appears to be solid as well as lifelike, so much so she didn’t realize it was a ghost until she had further information and thought of it. Due to the life-like characteristics of the apparition, the governess was not only fearful, but befuddled as well. The life-like “spectator” seemed to stare at the governess, creeping her out in the first place. The reader is able to visualize as well as understand the governess’ feelings because of the described characteristics of the …show more content…

Based on this, it’s logical to think that the characteristics of apparitions, as well as characteristics of those who saw them, between the stories would be similar. In Woman in Black, Arthur Kipps was assigned the job of taking care of the recently deceased Alice Drablow. Starting at Alice’s funeral, and continuing throughout the story, he had many encounters Jennet Humphrey, the deceased sister of Alice, who was back for revenge. The apparitions appeared around Alice’s estate, as well as the town in which she was from. Although Jennet was after Alice, not Kipps, she appeared to him many times, as he was the missing link between the

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In the blink of an eye, an entire society can be gripped by fear and hysteria. In the play, The Crucible, the author, Arthur Miller depicts the town of Salem, Massachusetts in which the public is riveted by a whirlwind of witchcraft controversies. During this time, even the smallest actions or remarks are blown out of proportion. Being renowned for his extensive knowledge in dealing with witchcraft, Reverend John Hale from nearby Beverly is called in to “cure” those possessed by the Devil. Hale’s transformation demonstrates the shift from hysteria and narrow-mindedness to rationality and open-mindedness, which emphasizes the development of Miller’s message, which states that nothing in the world is as black and white as it seems.

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Canada is “too afraid” but every country should follow in our footsteps and be proud of their nation while showing good nationalism then all hate would finally be at ease. There are plenty of examples of good and bad Nationalism but we as a country can forget about the past hate and focus on the new peace. Olympics are one of the most popular events that happen in the world and it is just the greatest thing to see all countries (that can afford it) to come together and no hate is around, only pride. The reason why I am picking the Olympics as an example of good nationalism is we are rooting so hard or our team and/or athlete to win and get disappointed if they lose and I ask myself why? I have never even talked to or meet this person nor

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Henry James story “The Turn of the Screw,” focuses on the governess, who in the book, is focussing on two young children named Miles and Flora. In the story, the governess is portrayed as someone who seems to care so much about the kids safety and well being when it was known that the children have seem to be haunted by people they use to know. Her motherly instincts that seem to want to protect the children is more likely stemmed from the fact that she wants to take the place of the children's parents. To her - Miles and Flora - are her own. This is where double comes along.

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The governess’s sanity in Henry James’s Turn of the Screw is often disputed over in literature. Because the governess sees ghosts in the novel, she is often argued as insane. The definition of sanity proves otherwise, stating that it is the “state of being sound of mind or having appropriate judgment skills” (Psychology Dictionary). The governess is sane because she behaves rationally, protects the children above all costs, and is not the only character witnessing a supernatural presence.

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The novel, Turn of the Screw, by Henry James takes place in England and is told from the point of view of the Governess, whose sanity is questionable. The Governess is insane because throughout the novel, she is the only one who sees the ghosts, she is in love with the master, and she allows her desire to protect the children to drive her to insanity. First, the Governess is insane because she is the only character in the novel to ever have seen the ghosts. Early in the novel, the Governess claims she sees the ghost of Peter Quint, and immediately tells Mrs. Grose.

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Thesis: Amongst the library of supernatural fiction and ghost stories written within the late 1800s, The Turn Of The Screw offers a direct commentary on the suppressed social fears of class change through the embodiment of ghosts. Introduction: Written in 1889, during the rise of supernatural psychical research and supernatural fiction, The Turn Of The Screw by Henry James tells the tale of a governess driven to insanity. The governess claims to have seen ghosts of the late governess, Miss Jessel, and the deceased valet, Peter Quint, on the grounds of castle Bly. The ghosts that she sees throughout the novella are not real and were created by the governess, due to the social pressures that she faced working at Bly. Her repressed desire to belong to a higher social class and her fears of trying to elevate her status were

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When one looks to Ever Scarier: On The Turn of the Screw by Brad Leithouser one thing is made clear: “If the ghosts are mere illusions, then she is suffering a bout of insanity, in which her “revelations” about the children’s unearthly communications, and her perception of them as allied to unspeakable evil, must reflect her deeply suppressed aggressions and hostility.” This could speak on behalf of her aggression for things not going the rosy way she had intended them to. Miles wasn’t the good boy she had hoped he would be, with his being expelled from school and odd personality. Flora tried to suck up to the governess, then, in the governess’ delusioned mind, turned her nose up toward her by “communicating” with the deceased Ms. Jessel.

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