Peter Quint's The Governess

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Throughout the book the governess has a never ending mental battle with the spirits. It gets to her head that she, and she alone have to protect the children from Peter Quint’s and Miss Jessel’s wrath of evil. This leads her to be very protective and anxious of what the children do each and every day. This make the children uncomfortable when the governess ask them questions like, why did you get kicked out of school Miles?,and where is Miss Jessel Flora?This causes the children to clam up and not speak much about what they do sometimes. This drives the governess insane, and starts to make her think that the ghosts are starting to affect the children’s behavior, and the kids overall, because they don’t speak to her as often.
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