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Rita Bauer 2: I think that the Amazon review is a good resource for The Turn of the Screw because it gives you so much information about the book. It tells you varying prices for different books, it gives you information about the author, there are editorial reviews and also customer reviews. Very helpful (:
Kristen Ladd 2: I found a websit where it gives a plot summary,setting, characters, themes and more for The Turn of the Screw. I think this will help me understand the book and point out the main idea. What I really like is that it also provides some review questions! If anyone is interested in the websit its below!
Yianni Kanellopoulos period 5 My best resource is an i phone app called the Turn of the Screw Quiz o Rama. This app has quizzes on the plot, characters, and quotes. This app also has a feature that lets you compete with friends on the quizzes using Facebook Connect
Emaline Allen 2: I found a website with many different sections of discussion questions that go over every aspect of the book such as Good vs. Evil, Repression, and Appearances. Here's the link: http://www.shmoop.com/turn-of-the-screw/questions.html
Zoey Phelps 2:I found this website to be a really good resource. There's an online quiz you can take and a summary. It also includes essay questions and a study guide. Here's the link if you're interested. http://www.gradesaver.com/turn-of-the-screw/
Angela Massoud 2: I found an interesting website that provides themes, other literary elements, and the basic plot of the novel. The website also has discussion questions. This site provides a great amount of information that will be helpful to anyone reading this book. Here is the link if you are interested. http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmTurnScrew01.asp
Alyssa Jolicoeur, 5th Bell: Although the website I found is not directly aimed at the book "The Turn of the Screw", I believe it will help a lot. It's about the history and elements of Gothic novels. When you know about the style and characteristics of your book's writing before you begin to read it, you will later have a better and deeper understanding. Here's the link: http://cai.ucdavis.edu/waters-sites/gothicnovel/155breport.html
David Caggiano 2nd. My best link is actually what Zoey posted, so I'm sorry but you guys are going to have my second best link. This link contains in depth discussions on the themes, metaphors, and characters in T.O.S. It provides a summary and analysis of each pair of chapters. It also provides a biography on Henry James with some interesting essays relevant to our paper regarding motifs and other interesting prospects. Hope you guys get the chance to read this and hopefully the power of ghosts and the "sanity" of our narrator will cause us to "kill" this book's meanings. It's almost midnight give me a break. Here's the Link: http://www.novelguide.com/TheTurnoftheScrew/themeanalysis.html
Andrea Broderick 2nd. I found a link to a teachers guide that I find very helpful. It includes chapter summaries and discussion activities that seem fun and helpful to understanding the book! :) http://www.penguinreaders.com/pdf/downloads/pr/teachers-notes/9781405882057.pdf
@ Kristen: Your website is FANTASTIC! It provides a great amount of detail about the novel that will greatly enhance my reading. I saw at the bottom of the page there is a movie, perhaps a movie night together? :)
William Burnett 2nd. The best resoource I found is a website that has chapter summaries with analysis, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, character analysis, compare and contrast, essays and criticism, topics for further study and more. Heres the link: http://www.enotes.com/turn-screw
@Zoey: I think it's really good to have quizzes to be able to asses how well you understood what you've read so far in the book. I will definitely be using that site to make sure I understand the plot and everything. :)
I was looking at Alyssa's link about Gothic literature, which is very helpful, and I wanted to look around for more gothic elements. A surprising emphasize is placed on the landscape itself but also the romance of the two charecters, which usually blossoms in such books. Here is a couple websites I found that help increase our understanding of gogthic literature which was inspired by Alyssa's link. http://www.virtualsalt.com/gothic.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_fiction
@ Zoey: Yeah forgot to mention that. Website does have lot of junk but when you get past the adds, it contains quite useful information. Just click skip to content on the the top right corner of big add and you should get by.
Joe Cossins 5th bell I found a website called Grammar Dog. com. There are 250 multiple choice questions about the novel, and also questions about vocabulary used in the novel(which could help with comprehension).
Abbey Gingras I found a website that has an indepth analysis of The Turn of the Screw, it's critiscism, and it's interpretations. I'll post the website below bacause it will be useful for our papers. Also, I think that the movie would be good to watch to compare. http://www.turnofthescrew.com/
@Emaline: I'm really happy that you decided to post this site. I have been searching for questions that are associated with the book and none of them were what i have been looking for. This site is perfect, thank you!
@R!ta Thanks for that nice comment. By the way, I went on to Amazon.com like you posted and I found that some of the readers's reviews were pretty helpful. Thanks Again, Yiannis
Phil Elias 5: I would have posted up my Sparknotes link, however, I know that I would surely not be the only one to post that. A similar webstie to that is Gradesaver. It has three- to four-chapter summaries and analyzations, a character list, a plot synopsis, and multiple essays to help your understanding. Try it out.
I have been reading T.O.S while trying to find a major motif which could be used for our paper. I think the dominant feature of this book is the apperances of the ghosts and whether or not they are real. The ghosts help us see the somewhat unreliability of the governess, which I believe is controlled by her emotions, but also the possibility of something more. In other words, I do not have the words to describe what major motif we could use for T.O.S. but I believe it is centered around the ghosts and their "reality". Happy Thanksgiving
Don't know if anyone is finished with the book yet but I tried some of the websites we posted and they are quite helpful. I would like to purpose a question for debate: were the ghosts ever really there? Was the governess an insane, hallucinating nanny or the sole warrior who could save the children from the evil spirits which plague the house?
@David Dear David, the website that Emaline posted probably has the best set of discussion questions on the entire blog. If you haven't been there, you might find other debatable discussion questions about certain plot elements that could have a differant purpose or hidden symbolism. Here is the website:
@Yianni Well what do you think Yianni? Is she nuts or a god sent guardian? Personally I highly disbelieve the latter because the governess seems to be run by her emotions, her infatuation for the uncle is disturbing at least, she acts somewhat of a tyrant concerning the children because she always asks where have the other been and she never leaves her side. Also, the female ghost is not apparent to the others when the governess "shows them" and when we finally get another character's opinion beside the governess', when the little girl does not want to see the governess, she says the governess is horrible as she spews insults and comments like that. So I think the narrator is a little off the rails.
I found a very useful resource. It is the audio version of the book, and I find it to be helpful to listen to the book while following along. Here's the link: http://ia341306.us.archive.org/3/items/turn_screw_librivox/turn_of_the_screw_00_james_64kb.mp3
I think that Sparknotes is very helpful because it shows you symbols and themes. It gives you an analysis of the chapters and a summary of them. I like reading the chapter and then reading the summary to see what's mostly significant.
If anyone needs theme ideas I have some for the essay. Good vs. Evil, Society's Class Struggle, oppression and role of women, and sexual repression. Just want to put it up here if anyone was floundering for some ideas.
If someone is looking for poems, there are a few from Poe which might interest you guys. Annabel Lee focuses on the lost love aspect, so if you theme is the love of the ghosts and infatuation of governess it would be good. Tamerlane focuses on the love aspect but instead of the person's love dieing, he leaves her for a quest of power and regrets it in the end. Recommend reading the summary before you read this because its long and the language can be rather superfluous at times, but it does foces on themes of love and heroism. Elderado is somewhat of an allegory to a human's life, and what humanity goes through in each stage of life. Elderado could be in iffy example. It took me a while to find something on the theme of good vs. evil but I believe The Bells has a very good sense of this. It is similar to Elderado with a procession into somewhat of darkness and death, but it also has a T.O.S view to it which we can incoperate into our analysis. There are other poems out there like Dream within a Dream, The Conquerer Worm, and there is always the Raven if we get stuck. (Edwards said we could use it)
Rita Bauer 2: I think that the Amazon review is a good resource for The Turn of the Screw because it gives you so much information about the book. It tells you varying prices for different books, it gives you information about the author, there are editorial reviews and also customer reviews. Very helpful (:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.amazon.com/Turn-Screw-Dover-Thrift-Editions/dp/0486266842
Kristen Ladd 2: I found a websit where it gives a plot summary,setting, characters, themes and more for The Turn of the Screw. I think this will help me understand the book and point out the main idea. What I really like is that it also provides some review questions! If anyone is interested in the websit its below!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Guides4/TurnScrew.html
Yianni Kanellopoulos period 5
ReplyDeleteMy best resource is an i phone app called the Turn of the Screw Quiz o Rama. This app has quizzes on the plot, characters, and quotes. This app also has a feature that lets you compete with friends on the quizzes using Facebook Connect
Emaline Allen 2: I found a website with many different sections of discussion questions that go over every aspect of the book such as Good vs. Evil, Repression, and Appearances. Here's the link:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.shmoop.com/turn-of-the-screw/questions.html
Zoey Phelps 2:I found this website to be a really good resource. There's an online quiz you can take and a summary. It also includes essay questions and a study guide. Here's the link if you're interested.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.gradesaver.com/turn-of-the-screw/
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ReplyDeleteAngela Massoud 2: I found an interesting website that provides themes, other literary elements, and the basic plot of the novel. The website also has discussion questions. This site provides a great amount of information that will be helpful to anyone reading this book. Here is the link if you are interested. http://www.pinkmonkey.com/booknotes/monkeynotes/pmTurnScrew01.asp
ReplyDeleteAlyssa Jolicoeur, 5th Bell: Although the website I found is not directly aimed at the book "The Turn of the Screw", I believe it will help a lot. It's about the history and elements of Gothic novels. When you know about the style and characteristics of your book's writing before you begin to read it, you will later have a better and deeper understanding.
ReplyDeleteHere's the link:
http://cai.ucdavis.edu/waters-sites/gothicnovel/155breport.html
David Caggiano 2nd. My best link is actually what Zoey posted, so I'm sorry but you guys are going to have my second best link. This link contains in depth discussions on the themes, metaphors, and characters in T.O.S. It provides a summary and analysis of each pair of chapters. It also provides a biography on Henry James with some interesting essays relevant to our paper regarding motifs and other interesting prospects. Hope you guys get the chance to read this and hopefully the power of ghosts and the "sanity" of our narrator will cause us to "kill" this book's meanings. It's almost midnight give me a break.
ReplyDeleteHere's the Link:
http://www.novelguide.com/TheTurnoftheScrew/themeanalysis.html
Andrea Broderick 2nd. I found a link to a teachers guide that I find very helpful. It includes chapter summaries and discussion activities that seem fun and helpful to understanding the book! :)
ReplyDeletehttp://www.penguinreaders.com/pdf/downloads/pr/teachers-notes/9781405882057.pdf
@ Kristen: Your website is FANTASTIC! It provides a great amount of detail about the novel that will greatly enhance my reading. I saw at the bottom of the page there is a movie, perhaps a movie night together? :)
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteWilliam Burnett 2nd. The best resoource I found is a website that has chapter summaries with analysis, themes, style, historical context, critical overview, character analysis, compare and contrast, essays and criticism, topics for further study and more. Heres the link: http://www.enotes.com/turn-screw
ReplyDelete@ Angela: that sounds great! I love how your websit has specific points for each chapter, that is going to be a great help!m :)
ReplyDelete@Zoey: I think it's really good to have quizzes to be able to asses how well you understood what you've read so far in the book. I will definitely be using that site to make sure I understand the plot and everything. :)
ReplyDelete@Yianni: I think it's cool how you found an iPod app instead of a website! It's unique and convenient (:
ReplyDelete@ Rita: I like the website you posted because it has so many different reviews! It's always good to get a new perspective on a book :)
ReplyDelete@ David: I tried going to your site but there were a bunch of ads and i ended up at an sat/act test prep site.
ReplyDeleteI was looking at Alyssa's link about Gothic literature, which is very helpful, and I wanted to look around for more gothic elements. A surprising emphasize is placed on the landscape itself but also the romance of the two charecters, which usually blossoms in such books. Here is a couple websites I found that help increase our understanding of gogthic literature which was inspired by Alyssa's link.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.virtualsalt.com/gothic.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_fiction
@ Zoey: Yeah forgot to mention that. Website does have lot of junk but when you get past the adds, it contains quite useful information. Just click skip to content on the the top right corner of big add and you should get by.
ReplyDeleteJoe Cossins 5th bell
ReplyDeleteI found a website called Grammar Dog. com. There are 250 multiple choice questions about the novel, and also questions about vocabulary used in the novel(which could help with comprehension).
Abbey Gingras
ReplyDeleteI found a website that has an indepth analysis of The Turn of the Screw, it's critiscism, and it's interpretations. I'll post the website below bacause it will be useful for our papers. Also, I think that the movie would be good to watch to compare.
http://www.turnofthescrew.com/
@Emaline: I'm really happy that you decided to post this site. I have been searching for questions that are associated with the book and none of them were what i have been looking for. This site is perfect, thank you!
ReplyDelete@R!ta
ReplyDeleteThanks for that nice comment. By the way, I went on to Amazon.com like you posted and I found that some of the readers's reviews were pretty helpful.
Thanks Again,
Yiannis
Phil Elias 5: I would have posted up my Sparknotes link, however, I know that I would surely not be the only one to post that. A similar webstie to that is Gradesaver. It has three- to four-chapter summaries and analyzations, a character list, a plot synopsis, and multiple essays to help your understanding. Try it out.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.gradesaver.com/turn-of-the-screw/
I have been reading T.O.S while trying to find a major motif which could be used for our paper. I think the dominant feature of this book is the apperances of the ghosts and whether or not they are real. The ghosts help us see the somewhat unreliability of the governess, which I believe is controlled by her emotions, but also the possibility of something more. In other words, I do not have the words to describe what major motif we could use for T.O.S. but I believe it is centered around the ghosts and their "reality". Happy Thanksgiving
ReplyDeleteDon't know if anyone is finished with the book yet but I tried some of the websites we posted and they are quite helpful. I would like to purpose a question for debate: were the ghosts ever really there? Was the governess an insane, hallucinating nanny or the sole warrior who could save the children from the evil spirits which plague the house?
ReplyDelete@David
ReplyDeleteDear David, the website that Emaline posted probably has the best set of discussion questions on the entire blog. If you haven't been there, you might find other debatable discussion questions about certain plot elements that could have a differant purpose or hidden symbolism.
Here is the website:
< http://www.shmoop.com/turn-of-the-screw/questions.html>
@Yianni
ReplyDeleteWell what do you think Yianni? Is she nuts or a god sent guardian? Personally I highly disbelieve the latter because the governess seems to be run by her emotions, her infatuation for the uncle is disturbing at least, she acts somewhat of a tyrant concerning the children because she always asks where have the other been and she never leaves her side. Also, the female ghost is not apparent to the others when the governess "shows them" and when we finally get another character's opinion beside the governess', when the little girl does not want to see the governess, she says the governess is horrible as she spews insults and comments like that. So I think the narrator is a little off the rails.
I found a very useful resource. It is the audio version of the book, and I find it to be helpful to listen to the book while following along. Here's the link:
ReplyDeletehttp://ia341306.us.archive.org/3/items/turn_screw_librivox/turn_of_the_screw_00_james_64kb.mp3
I think that Sparknotes is very helpful because it shows you symbols and themes. It gives you an analysis of the chapters and a summary of them. I like reading the chapter and then reading the summary to see what's mostly significant.
ReplyDeleteIf anyone needs theme ideas I have some for the essay. Good vs. Evil, Society's Class Struggle, oppression and role of women, and sexual repression. Just want to put it up here if anyone was floundering for some ideas.
ReplyDeleteIf someone is looking for poems, there are a few from Poe which might interest you guys. Annabel Lee focuses on the lost love aspect, so if you theme is the love of the ghosts and infatuation of governess it would be good. Tamerlane focuses on the love aspect but instead of the person's love dieing, he leaves her for a quest of power and regrets it in the end. Recommend reading the summary before you read this because its long and the language can be rather superfluous at times, but it does foces on themes of love and heroism. Elderado is somewhat of an allegory to a human's life, and what humanity goes through in each stage of life. Elderado could be in iffy example. It took me a while to find something on the theme of good vs. evil but I believe The Bells has a very good sense of this. It is similar to Elderado with a procession into somewhat of darkness and death, but it also has a T.O.S view to it which we can incoperate into our analysis. There are other poems out there like Dream within a Dream, The Conquerer Worm, and there is always the Raven if we get stuck. (Edwards said we could use it)
ReplyDelete