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Timed Essаy #2 — Literаry Cоntrаst The Gоverness and Mrs. Grоse: Contrasting Responses to Uncertainty In Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw, the governess and Mrs. Grose encounter many of the same troubling circumstances at Bly, yet they respond to those circumstances differently. Prompt: Write a well-developed literary contrast essay analyzing how the governess and Mrs. Grose differ in their approaches to uncertainty, their interpretations of events, and their responses to perceived danger. Go beyond listing differences: explain what their contrasting responses reveal about the characters’ judgment, sense of responsibility, and understanding of the situation at Bly. Support your argument with specific evidence from the assigned reading. Requirements Write at least 500 words. Identify Henry James and The Turn of the Screw in your introduction; place your analytical thesis at the end of that paragraph. Use a consistent subject-by-subject or point-by-point organization. Use at least two direct quotations from the supplied excerpts, with MLA-style in-text citations (chapter numbers may be used because these excerpts are identified by chapter). Include a Works Cited entry for the classroom edition. Develop analysis, not merely plot summary; conclude by explaining the significance of the contrast. Sources: This is a closed-resource, proctored essay. Use the six excerpts below; do not access your book, notes, outside websites, or other resources unless the instructor expressly authorizes them. The excerpts come from the course’s unabridged, updated-language classroom edition. They are evidence for analysis, not an answer key; you may interpret them in different defensible ways. The following excerpts are provided as evidence for your essay. You must incorporate at least two direct quotations into your analysis, using MLA author-page citations. You may use additional excerpts if they strengthen your argument. Supplied excerpts Excerpt 1 — Chapter V At last, Mrs. Grose turned around. There was even more concern in her face now. “I couldn’t have come out.” “Neither could I!” I laughed again. “But I did. I have my duty.” “So have I mine,” she replied. Page 44 Excerpt 2 — Chapter VI Mrs. Grose herself had seen nothing—not even the shadow of a shadow. No one else in the house shared my strange experiences. Yet she accepted what I told her without openly questioning my sanity. Instead, she treated me with a kind of awed tenderness, as though my terrible ability to see what others could not was both a burden and a strange privilege. Page 49 Excerpt 3 — Chapter VI “He was looking for someone else, you say—someone who was not you?” “He was looking for little Miles.” Suddenly, everything seemed perfectly clear to me. “That’s whom he was looking for.” “But how do you know?” “I know, I know, I know!” My certainty grew stronger. “And you know, my dear!” Page 50 Excerpt 4 — Chapter VII “She told you?” she gasped. “Not a word. That’s the horror. She kept it to herself! An eight-year-old child—that child!” I was still overwhelmed by the thought. Mrs. Grose could only stare at me. “Then how do you know?” “I was there. I saw it with my own eyes. I saw that she was perfectly aware.” Page 58 Excerpt 5 — Chapter VII “Miss Jessel?” “Miss Jessel. You don’t believe me?” I demanded. In her distress, Mrs. Grose looked from one side to the other. “How can you be sure?” With my nerves already strained, her question made me suddenly impatient. “Then ask Flora. She’s sure!” Page 59 Excerpt 6 — Chapter VII Slowly, Mrs. Grose came back toward me. “Miss Jessel was wicked.” Once again, she took my hand in both of hers and held it tightly, as though trying to strengthen me against the new fear her words might cause. “They were both wicked,” she finally said. For a little while, we simply faced the truth of this together. Strangely, I found some comfort in finally confronting it directly. “I appreciate,” I said, “that you were trying to do the decent thing by not telling me any of this before. But the time has come for you to tell me everything.” She seemed to agree, although she remained silent. Page 62 Works Cited information: James, Henry. The Turn of the Screw. Classroom edition edited by Cindy K. Beck. Use this source information to construct the Works Cited entry; do not invent a publisher or publication date. Time limit: 120 minutes. Submit your essay before the timer expires.