Miles

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Miles is a mysterious and possibly corrupted young boy in Henry James's gothic novella "The Turn of the Screw."

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Miles canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf child character
fictional character
literary character
ageGroup child
appearsIn The Turn of the Screw
appearsInGenre gothic fiction
horror fiction
novella
associatedWithCharacter Miss Jessel
Peter Quint
associatedWithTheme ambiguity of evil
innocence and corruption
unreliable narration
attends boarding school
causeOfDeathAmbiguity possibly linked to supernatural or psychological forces
centralToPlotOf The Turn of the Screw
characterType ambiguous moral character
createdBy Henry James
deathStatusInWork dies at the end of the novella
describedAs charming
mysterious
possibly corrupted
precocious
expelledFrom boarding school
firstAppearance The Turn of the Screw
gender male
guardian the governess
hasRelative Flora
the children’s uncle
hasThemeRelation childhood innocence
psychological horror
supernatural influence
interactsWith Flora
Mrs. Grose
the governess
languageOfWork English
livesAt Bly
medium literature
narrativeRole object of the governess’s concern
source of psychological tension
nationality British
portrayedAs both innocent and possibly corrupt
settingPeriod Victorian era
sibling Flora
workPublicationYear 1898

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