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The Thesis Statement: While "The " initially appears to be a typical ghost story, progression of the novel exposes the narrator's ignorance and unfamiliarity of her position as the narrator moves towards a nervous breakdown. "The ", by Henry James, first appears ....

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.... are indeed these two previous residents (Peter Quint and Miss Jessel.) The rest of the novel is dedicated to showing the young lady's despair, and Miss Jessel.) The rest of the novel is dedicated to showing the young lady's despair, how she convinces herself that the children are aware of the apparitions, and how they all together are forming a conspiracy against her. At the climax of the novel, Flora becomes deathly ill and is taken away by Mrs. Grose, and Miles dies due to the shock of "seeing" Peter's ghost. In actuality, however, none ever sees, or at least claims to see, these apparitions that the young lady is so uneasy about. The young lady is ....