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The Turn Of The Screw Literary Analysis

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In “The Turn of the Screw”, personal pride needs to control romantic thoughts in order to bring an end to inappropriate hopes and desires. Romantic thoughts give an understanding of people’s deepest desires. The protagonist in this novella moves from reality to her romantic thoughts as she had been, “carried away in London” (15) influencing her to dream. The character the Governess dreams also desires to be wanted and become the master’s wife. However, these dreams and desires are impossible for her, because they are beyond her position also innaprobriate. These dreams and desires are innaprobriate as James assigned her as a lower class and the master is upper class, a union between both these classes is unlikely but will also unbalance society.

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