The Turn of the Screw | Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Introduction Abstract

* After listening to a ghost story about a child, Douglas offers to tell a ghost story about two children, but he must send to town for the manuscript since he has only heard the story once before.
* Douglas sends for the manuscript the next day, receives it on the third, and...
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