Social & Economic Forces in Turn of the Screw
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The Marxist critique of literature focuses on class differences and how the economic and social forces because of them impact the lives of characters. In Henry JamesÆ Turn of the Screw, the Governess is young, poor, inexperienced and much lower in class status than her employer, who she loves, and her charges, Miles and Flora. Isolated at Bly and told by her employer to have no contact with her, not even one word, the Governess continues to love her employer. The distinctions of class and social and economic forces between the Governess and her employer cause her to see ôghosts,ö ones we are unsure of being real or merely the product of her frustrated desires.The Governess of Bly is young and inexperienced. She is also poor and of low social standing, primarily because of male social and economic privilege which are responsible for her isolated state at Bly. Douglas is the one who admires the Governess the most, but even he knows where she stands in the social scheme of things. He tells us of her, ôshe was the most agreeable woman IÆve ever known in her positionö (James Introduction). Though she often seems more aware than Mrs. Grose, eve
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