Flora

E245588

Flora is the young niece in Henry James's novella "The Turn of the Screw," whose eerie innocence and ambiguous relationship to the supernatural are central to the story's psychological horror.

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Flora canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf child character ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
age young child ⓘ
appearsIn The Turn of the Screw ⓘ
associatedWithTheme corruption of childhood ⓘ
innocence ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ
unreliable perception ⓘ
caredForBy Mrs. Grose ⓘ
the governess ⓘ
characterRole niece of the governess’s employer ⓘ
createdBy Henry James ⓘ
describedAs beautiful ⓘ
charming ⓘ
innocent ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasGuardian her uncle ⓘ
hasNameOrigin Latin word for “flower” ⓘ
hasRelative Miles ⓘ
Mrs. Grose ⓘ
her uncle ⓘ
the governess ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
linkedToCharacter Miss Jessel ⓘ
Peter Quint ⓘ
literaryGenreOfWork ghost story ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ
medium novella ⓘ
narrativeFunction focus of the governess’s protective instincts ⓘ
source of ambiguity about the supernatural ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
partOf late 19th-century English literature ⓘ
perceivedBy the governess as possibly influenced by ghosts ⓘ
residesAt Bly ⓘ
setIn Victorian England ⓘ
linked to: Victorian era
sibling Miles ⓘ
studiedInContextOf Gothic fiction ⓘ
narrative unreliability ⓘ
psychoanalytic literary criticism ⓘ
workPublicationYear 1898 ⓘ

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