THE TURN OF THE SCREW AS POEM
Robert Heilman
1.Who wrote the fiction “The Turn of the Screw”?
Henry James
2.Who are the writers who elicited special comments about The Turn? Edmund Wilson , Philip Rahav , F.O. Matthiessen , Katherine Anne Porter, Mark Van Doren , Allen Tate
3.What is the problem for critical readers ? The definition of evil, and the identification of the method by which the awareness of evil is brought to disturbing intensity.
4.Who is the best known supporter of Freudian interpretation ? Edmund Wilson
5.Who are the two evil characters in the novel ? Miss Jessel and Quint
What influences the recurrent imagery 6.in The Turn ?
The tone and the meaning of the story
7.Match :
Flora - “too fine and fair”
Miles - setting
Governess - “most beautiful”
Bly - “dazzled by their loveliness”
Ans : b,d,a,c
8.Children’s beauty symbolizes the spiritual perfection of which man is capable.
9.The battle between the governess and the demons becomes the old struggle of the morality play in new dress.
10.What does Bly symbolize?
Eden
11.Write some phrases that describes the beauty Flora ?
Extraordinary charm, most beautiful , the golden glow of her curls , the lovely little lighted face , etc
12.The names of the characters in The screw are also symbol explain ?
James’s characters shows some representative quality . Miles - the soldier , the archetypal male ; and Flora – the flower , the essential female.
13.Where does Miss Jessel first appears in the scene ?
In the garden where the old trees ,where the thick shrubbery , made a great and pleasant shade.
14.What does pond scene conveys about Flora ?
The pond scene conveys that Flora has become older.
15.Silence has a symbolic value throughout the story.
16.What shows Quint has the characteristics of snake ?
His sharp , strange eyes, wide mouth and thin lips shows Quint has some characteristics of snake.
17.The governess describes the secret influence upon Miles as poison.
18.What are the symbols that shows the spiritual withering of the characters ?
The drying of foliage ,the coming of storms and darkness shows the spiritual withering of the characters.
19.What phrases of James shows the evilness of Miss Jessel ?
Horror of horrors , dark as midnight in her black dress shows Miss Jessel’s evilness.
20.The reading of the story takes place during Christmas season.
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W.Jenisha (I M .A. Eng lit )
Robert Heilman
1.Who wrote the fiction “The Turn of the Screw”?
Henry James
2.Who are the writers who elicited special comments about The Turn? Edmund Wilson , Philip Rahav , F.O. Matthiessen , Katherine Anne Porter, Mark Van Doren , Allen Tate
3.What is the problem for critical readers ? The definition of evil, and the identification of the method by which the awareness of evil is brought to disturbing intensity.
4.Who is the best known supporter of Freudian interpretation ? Edmund Wilson
5.Who are the two evil characters in the novel ? Miss Jessel and Quint
What influences the recurrent imagery 6.in The Turn ?
The tone and the meaning of the story
7.Match :
Flora - “too fine and fair”
Miles - setting
Governess - “most beautiful”
Bly - “dazzled by their loveliness”
Ans : b,d,a,c
8.Children’s beauty symbolizes the spiritual perfection of which man is capable.
9.The battle between the governess and the demons becomes the old struggle of the morality play in new dress.
10.What does Bly symbolize?
Eden
11.Write some phrases that describes the beauty Flora ?
Extraordinary charm, most beautiful , the golden glow of her curls , the lovely little lighted face , etc
12.The names of the characters in The screw are also symbol explain ?
James’s characters shows some representative quality . Miles - the soldier , the archetypal male ; and Flora – the flower , the essential female.
13.Where does Miss Jessel first appears in the scene ?
In the garden where the old trees ,where the thick shrubbery , made a great and pleasant shade.
14.What does pond scene conveys about Flora ?
The pond scene conveys that Flora has become older.
15.Silence has a symbolic value throughout the story.
16.What shows Quint has the characteristics of snake ?
His sharp , strange eyes, wide mouth and thin lips shows Quint has some characteristics of snake.
17.The governess describes the secret influence upon Miles as poison.
18.What are the symbols that shows the spiritual withering of the characters ?
The drying of foliage ,the coming of storms and darkness shows the spiritual withering of the characters.
19.What phrases of James shows the evilness of Miss Jessel ?
Horror of horrors , dark as midnight in her black dress shows Miss Jessel’s evilness.
20.The reading of the story takes place during Christmas season.
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W.Jenisha (I M .A. Eng lit )
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