Let Freedom Ring <Tab/>Freedom is a strange concept. Almost everybody wants it for themselves but when one has power over someone else, they tend to hold onto this power and not grant freedom. This is the case with the governess in Henry James's The Turn of the Screw. As the governess, she has control over her student Miles and she does not want to give him his freedom. Freedom …showed first 75 words of 1091 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1091 total…to restrict him. It should also be noted that right after Miles asks for his freedom in the graveyard the governess is left alone. Loneliness is one of the chief complaints Douglas mentions at the beginning of the story. Perhaps the governess is afraid of giving Miles his freedom and because she does not want to be lonely: if he is free to go where he wants he might not want to be with her.