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‘The turn of the screw’ by Henry James is not a classic horror and thrilling ghost story. Confusing, absolutely different and difficult for me to read and understand, this story blow my mind. Novell written by unnamed Governess and contains mystery and secrets. There are almost no dialogues, the young and beautiful lady spending pages to describe her feelings and thoughts as a narrator. The describing style is psychological and slow. Unfortunatly, İ can see the story only through her eyes and understand as little as she. This novel is different and İ can’t just simply read it, İ have to think about it and decide wherther to believe Governess’s story or not. The most curious part of the novell is the unanswered questions of whether these are really ghosts trying to take control under children, or simply Governesse’s imagination? What did the young Miles in the school, that caused him to be sent home, when he seems such a nice and perfect child? Why does the Flora pretend not to see a perfectly visible woman standing on the far side of the lake? While reading ‘The turn of the screw’ İ was turning page by page , and was looking for answers, but when İ still do not find them, İ was feeling like the writer Henry James is ‘turning my screw’, painfully and depressing. The ending was quite shoking for me. İt answers some questions, but leaves just as much as many unanswered. So İ have to find the answers by myself.


İn my opinion the Governess have a troubled mind and psycological problems based on her young age and loneliness. She had also a sexual problems, as she was young, single woman. But in 19th century, to speak opened about sex was forbidden, so the writer do not explain exatly the relations between Miles and Governess. She was hired by the childrens uncle, who is not interested in their lifes and prefer to stay not being disturbed. Children are ‘playing’ with Governess, she...