Miles and Flora
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- Miles and Flora
- Miles
- Was at boarding school until he was sent sent home not to return.
- Reason for is expulsion is ambiguous. All we know is that it involved him talking to the other boys at the school.
- Wants to be seen as 'bad'
- Goes outside in the middle of the night
- Could jut be a sign of him growing up and wanting to rebel
- Governess believe's this is Quint corrupting him
- Knows his class and that the Governess is of a lower class
- Reinforced when he calls the Governess 'My dear'
- Miles tells the Governess 'I want my own sort'
- Marxists believe Miles is finding his class and enforcing it
- There are suggestions that the Governess see Miles as a substitute for his uncle
- Freud - supported by the Governess' excessive affection
- Often kisses and embraces him
- Freud - supported by the Governess' excessive affection
- His death
- Governess may have smothered him to death
- Could have died from seeing the ghost (Quint)
- He was possessed but by vanquishing Quint it also killed him
- Shock
- Was at boarding school until he was sent sent home not to return.
- Flora
- Mrs Grose told the Governess that Flora had been saying bad things
- The governess believes that this is because Flora is being corrupted and/or possessed by Mrs Jessel
- Could just be that Flora heard Miles say something and she just repeated it
- Flora runs off to the lake and hides the boat she uses
- When the Governess finds Flora, Flora behaves as if nothing is wrong
- The Governess can't control herself and demands to know where Miss Jessel is
- Flora then freaks out in response, either because she is scared of the Governess or because she is trying to act as if she knows nothing
- Flora becomes very upset sating she hasn't saw anyone and wants to be away from the Governess
- After this event Flora becomes increasingly ill
- The Governess believes that it is Miss Jessel trying to possess her.
- After this event Flora becomes increasingly ill
- Flora becomes very upset sating she hasn't saw anyone and wants to be away from the Governess
- Flora then freaks out in response, either because she is scared of the Governess or because she is trying to act as if she knows nothing
- The Governess can't control herself and demands to know where Miss Jessel is
- When the Governess finds Flora, Flora behaves as if nothing is wrong
- The Governess first become suspicious of Flora when she finds her awake late at night looking out of the window
- Mrs Grose told the Governess that Flora had been saying bad things
- They are siblings
- Orphaned, looked after by a Governess and various servants in the Essex manor 'Bly' Their uncle sent them to
- Flora is eight years old whilst Miles is ten years old
- Governess sees both of them as idyllic children at first but quickly becomes suspicious of their ever move
- Miles
- Both a higher class than any of the other residents at Bly
- They are siblings
- Orphaned, looked after by a Governess and various servants in the Essex manor 'Bly' Their uncle sent them to
- Flora is eight years old whilst Miles is ten years old
- Governess sees both of them as idyllic children at first but quickly becomes suspicious of their ever move
- They are siblings
- The Governess can't control herself and demands to know where Miss Jessel is
- Flora then freaks out in response, either because she is scared of the Governess or because she is trying to act as if she knows nothing
- Flora becomes very upset sating she hasn't saw anyone and wants to be away from the Governess
- After this event Flora becomes increasingly ill
- The Governess believes that it is Miss Jessel trying to possess her.
- After this event Flora becomes increasingly ill
- Flora becomes very upset sating she hasn't saw anyone and wants to be away from the Governess
- Flora then freaks out in response, either because she is scared of the Governess or because she is trying to act as if she knows nothing
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