{"id":607,"date":"2016-10-06T14:05:51","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T14:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishlitvictorianmodern\/?post_type=chapter&p=607"},"modified":"2016-10-10T22:57:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T22:57:45","slug":"study-questions-activities-and-resources-6","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-englishlitvictorianmodern\/chapter\/study-questions-activities-and-resources-6\/","title":{"raw":"Study Questions, Activities, and Resources: Henry James","rendered":"Study Questions, Activities, and Resources: Henry James"},"content":{"raw":"
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Study Questions, Activities, and Resources<\/h3>\r\n
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  1. List some of the character names you think are symbolic or at least significant because of the connotations\/associations of their names.<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. What do you think of the children\u2019s uncle? What does the governess think of him?<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. Why do you think Miles was expelled from his school?<\/li>\r\n \t
  4. Did Miles survive to adulthood and become Douglas?<\/li>\r\n \t
  5. What images relating to Peter Quint might be interpreted symbolically or clinically in a Freudian way?<\/li>\r\n \t
  6. Are the children liars?<\/li>\r\n \t
  7. When Flora is seen at the lake, are her playthings symbolic?<\/li>\r\n \t
  8. Does anyone else beside the governess ever admit to seeing the ghosts?<\/li>\r\n \t
  9. What is gained by having the governess relate the story?<\/li>\r\n \t
  10. What are some of the novels the governess alludes to, and what do they have in common?<\/li>\r\n \t
  11. When Miles shouts, \u201cPeter Quint\u2014you devil!\", to whom is he speaking?<\/li>\r\n \t
  12. Describe the circumstances surrounding each appearance of an apparition.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    Short Essay Topic (750-1000 words)<\/h2>\r\nC.G. Jung theorizes that \u201cneuroses are the results of the person\u2019s failure to confront and to accept some archetypal component of the unconscious. Instead of assimilating this unconscious element to their consciousness, neurotic individuals persist in projecting it upon some other person...\u201d (Guerin, et al. A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature<\/em>, 3rd ed., p. 169). Discuss characterization within a framework of Jung\u2019s triad of shadow, persona, and anima.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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    Resources<\/h2>\r\nTurn of the Screw Mini Casebook<\/a>. See the three suggested \u201ccontrolled research topics\u201d in the mini-casebook on Turn of the Screw<\/em> in Appendices.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

    Attributions<\/h2>\r\n<\/a>Figure 1<\/a>\r\n<\/strong>Henry James by John Singer Sargent cleaned by\u00a0John Singer Sargent (died 1925) (http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Henry_James_by_John_Singer_Sargent_cleaned.jpg<\/a>) is in the Public Domain","rendered":"
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    Study Questions, Activities, and Resources<\/h3>\n
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    1. List some of the character names you think are symbolic or at least significant because of the connotations\/associations of their names.<\/li>\n
    2. What do you think of the children\u2019s uncle? What does the governess think of him?<\/li>\n
    3. Why do you think Miles was expelled from his school?<\/li>\n
    4. Did Miles survive to adulthood and become Douglas?<\/li>\n
    5. What images relating to Peter Quint might be interpreted symbolically or clinically in a Freudian way?<\/li>\n
    6. Are the children liars?<\/li>\n
    7. When Flora is seen at the lake, are her playthings symbolic?<\/li>\n
    8. Does anyone else beside the governess ever admit to seeing the ghosts?<\/li>\n
    9. What is gained by having the governess relate the story?<\/li>\n
    10. What are some of the novels the governess alludes to, and what do they have in common?<\/li>\n
    11. When Miles shouts, \u201cPeter Quint\u2014you devil!”, to whom is he speaking?<\/li>\n
    12. Describe the circumstances surrounding each appearance of an apparition.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Short Essay Topic (750-1000 words)<\/h2>\n

      C.G. Jung theorizes that \u201cneuroses are the results of the person\u2019s failure to confront and to accept some archetypal component of the unconscious. Instead of assimilating this unconscious element to their consciousness, neurotic individuals persist in projecting it upon some other person…\u201d (Guerin, et al. A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature<\/em>, 3rd ed., p. 169). Discuss characterization within a framework of Jung\u2019s triad of shadow, persona, and anima.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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      Resources<\/h2>\n

      Turn of the Screw Mini Casebook<\/a>. See the three suggested \u201ccontrolled research topics\u201d in the mini-casebook on Turn of the Screw<\/em> in Appendices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

      Attributions<\/h2>\n

      <\/a>Figure 1<\/a>
      \n<\/strong>Henry James by John Singer Sargent cleaned by\u00a0John Singer Sargent (died 1925) (      http:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Henry_James_by_John_Singer_Sargent_cleaned.jpg<\/a>) is in the Public Domain<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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