Questions:
American Realism in Turn of the Screw
Give examples proving that James' The Turn of the Screw possesses two of the following characteristics of American realism:
Describes reality in comprehensive detail
Characters are more important than the plot and action
Complex ethical choices are often the subject of the literature
Characters are related to nature, to each other, to their social class and to their own past. This relation makes up the complexity of their temperament and motive.
Class is important (usually describes the middle class)
Events are usually plausible
Diction is natural, not heightened or poetic.