The Turn of the Screw
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Preface Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24
Themes
All Themes The Supernatural Exterior vs. Interior Storytelling Secrecy Youth and Innocence
Quotes
Characters
All Characters The Governess Mrs. Grose Miles Flora The uncle Peter Quint Miss Jessel Douglas
Symbols
All Symbols Windows
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allusions Dramatic Irony Ethos Foil Foreshadowing Frame Story Genre Idioms Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Setting Similes Situational Irony Style Tone Unreliable Narrator
Quizzes
All Quizzes Preface Quiz Chapter 1 Quiz Chapter 2 Quiz Chapter 3 Quiz Chapter 4 Quiz Chapter 5 Quiz Chapter 6 Quiz Chapter 7 Quiz Chapter 8 Quiz Chapter 9 Quiz Chapter 10 Quiz Chapter 11 Quiz Chapter 12 Quiz Chapter 13 Quiz Chapter 14 Quiz Chapter 15 Quiz Chapter 16 Quiz Chapter 17 Quiz Chapter 18 Quiz Chapter 19 Quiz Chapter 20 Quiz Chapter 21 Quiz Chapter 22 Quiz Chapter 23 Quiz Chapter 24 Quiz
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The Turn of the Screw

by Henry James

The Turn of the Screw Literary Devices

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