The Governess

During the story, the governess, who is hired to care for two young children, exhibits signs of mental illness as she tends to the estate, the servants, and her own sexual frustration. During the story she claims to see Peter Quint and Miss Jessel, who had close ties with Flora and Miles. The governess shows great benevolence and protection over the niece and nephew as well displays great loneliness and in return she may be fantasizing these characters so the governess can fill the need of protecting the two children and being able to put her focus on something to keep occupied.
Doctors claim there are many illnesses in which cause hallucinogens and can obtain the difficulty of being able to differentiate real from imaginary. The governess

The governess who has shown a great fondness of Flora and they spend a great deal of time together. The two of them on many occasions take trips to the so- called lake at Bly. The governess, finds herself watching out for the children more than ever due to her strange encounters with the strange man known as Peter Quint. The governess allows Flora to play with the water as she takes her eyes off of the young girl she feel a third presence. The Governess sees a woman on the other side of the lake the governess says "Then again I shifted my eyes-I faced what I had to face." she feels as though she knows that the women is there and is positive Flora can see her as well. She immediately looks to see Flora, who is attempting to make a small wooden boat, unaware of anything out of the norm. The governess later that afternoon proceeds to tell Mrs Grose about the sighting of the strange woman, she then explains as though she feels that the children know about the ghost. She explains to Mrs. Grose that Flora saw that woman there because she was looking right at her but said nothing to the governess. Mrs. Grose tells the governess that the woman is Miss Jessel, who had a great bond with young Flora and Peter Quint and Miss Jessel were known to have had a connection. The

She shows great remorse for Miles with his expulsion from school and the two of them talk over dinner while Mrs. Grose and Flora are in route to London. The governess and Miles have a connection over their dinner Miles explains that if she stays in Bly, she will be more alone than he is now. The governess expresses that he loves his company and he is the reason she has stayed in Bly and she is nervous for him to go back to school because she will miss having him around. They both know that they must talk about the reason that Miles was expelled and Miles confesses that he will tell the governess everything that had happened, but he must first confide in his friend Luke before he does so. During this the governess is taken back by seeing Peter Quint looking in on her and Miles through the window. In her over protective way she's grabbing Miles and pulls him in close to her. In the midst of the action Miles confesses that he stole the governess letter to the uncle only to read what it had said about him. She holds him in closer and he proceeds to ask is “she” is here the governess responding with the “coward horror” is here. Miles screams “Peter Quint You Devil!” Directly after the young Miles heart is found to have stopped in the governess arms! In her overprotective ways she has strangled the boy hoping to protect him from the ghost Peter Quint within her developing stages of thought to