THE INNOCENTS Miss Giddons is insane and Flora and Miles are not corrupted by the ghosts of Peter Quint and Miss Jessel. In the story "The Innocents", based on Turn of the Screw, Flora and Miles were perfectly content with everyday living until Miss Giddons came along to take care of them. Flora and Miles's parents died, and so did their caretakers (Quint and Miss Jessel), which caused them even more grief. Flora and Miles …
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…of their past caretakers. Miss Giddons's wild imagination of the ghosts scares the children. Flora and Miles do not really see or hear the ghosts even though Miss Giddons thinks that they do. By doing so, Miss Giddons was opening up wounds that didn't fully heal yet. The children were still grieving the loss of their beloved caretakers and Miss Giddons was forcing them to believe that the ghosts of their caretakers had come back.