The Incapable Governess In The Turn Of The Screw By Henry James

Incapable Governess
Make sure to check and see if your house is haunted before you hire a governess. The governess is overwhelmed by obstacles she can not overcome. In The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, the governess of the house of Bly seems to go crazy from ghost encounters. She in the end is not capable of keeping the children safe because she is more of a danger to them. The governess is disturbed because of two ghosts continuously showing themselves just to her.
The governess does not at first become or seem crazy but soon her actions show how she becomes crazy from the ghosts. The first encounter is with a man called Peter Quin. He is a man described by Mrs. Grouse as a person who had died after slipping while drunk walking around. She sees this

Flora, the youngest of the two children at age 8 becomes sick after the governess’ latest encounter with Miss. Jessels apparition. The governess explains that Flora is not alone by telling Mrs. Grouse “ shes not alone, and at such times shes not a child: shes an old, old woman.” (68) She describes Flora as an old woman because earlier in the story Miles distracts her while Flora goes to the Sea of Azof, to what the governess thinks see Miss. Jessels apparition. When Flora goes on this adventure she paddles a boat all the way across the pond and hides it. Which the governess thinks a young girl could not do on her own. By this point she is so crazy trying to prove that the apparitions are real and she is not crazy that she kept Flora out all night for what Flora just thought was a joke. Causing the young girl to get very ill. The governess is a clear danger to the children so Mrs. Grouse takes Flora to her uncle for safety and so she can get better but leaves Miles behind to fend for himself. In the end the governess’ craziness overwhelms her and the final time she saw an apparition she kills