The Turn of the Screw by Henry James Essays -- The Turn of the Screw H

The Turn of the ScrewThis novel was, surprisingly, interesting. The intensely complex and intricate (if non confusing) sentences, upon first thought, do me expect an experience of complete, utter, and total confusion however, they served not only to keep my interest in the novel for I had to c erstwhilentrate to grasp the full, rich consequence of his thoughts save also to create in me a sense of enjoyment, that of being enriched with the experiences of the important character so that my life and that characters became inseparable, only it occurred not only with the main character, but with the sinless plot at once all characters, all scenes (to which I shall come late), all conversations... everything. I have never seen a humankind so able to express so lots in one sentence, and still be able to have the reader follow his thoughts throughout the entire process. Henry James was a master of flavor and grammar. His ability to form a complex, yet coherent sentence did nothing but add to the select of the novel.The characters alone added to the quality of the novel. It is not so very much as they were entirely believable, but they were believable to the extent of their being in a ghost story. The things that happened to these brusk characters were not natural in any sense, but they were completely acceptable from within a ghost story. Miles, for example, was too beautiful in action, too simplex in thought, and too tempting in show (for both the governess and Mr. Quint) to be co... The Turn of the Screw by Henry James Essays -- The Turn of the Screw HThe Turn of the ScrewThis novel was, surprisingly, interesting. The intensely complex and intricate (if not confusing) sentences, upon first thought, made me expect an experience of complete, utter, and total confusion however, they served not only to keep my interest in the novel for I had to concentrate to grasp the full, rich meaning of his thoughts but also to create in me a sense o f enjoyment, that of being enriched with the experiences of the main character so that my life and that characters became inseparable, only it occurred not only with the main character, but with the entire plot at once all characters, all scenes (to which I shall come late), all conversations... everything. I have never seen a man so able to express so much in one sentence, and still be able to have the reader follow his thoughts throughout the entire process. Henry James was a master of expression and grammar. His ability to form a complex, yet coherent sentence did nothing but add to the quality of the novel.The characters alone added to the quality of the novel. It is not so much as they were entirely believable, but they were believable to the extent of their being in a ghost story. The things that happened to these poor characters were not natural in any sense, but they were completely acceptable from within a ghost story. Miles, for example, was too beautiful in action, too s imple in thought, and too tempting in appearance (for both the governess and Mr. Quint) to be co...