Supernatural and Psychology in Turn Of The Screw

Psychology here refers to the governess's unconscious state of mind in the novel. The supernatural here refers to the apparitions of Peter Quint and Miss Jessel. Throughout the novel, only the governess and no other characters can see them. The ambiguity of Henry James creates the question of whether the supernatural is real, or are they psychological manifestations of the governess. After examining the novel, there are many signs that the "ghosts" are a manifestation of the governess's emotional instability and anxiety.

There are many instances where the governess shows signs of instability in her emotions. After all, she comes from simple, cloistered background, "the youngest of several daughters of a poor country parson". And at such a young age of twenty, it is a formidable task to be given so much responsibility of taking charge of the entire household to the "fluttered anxious girl out of a Hampshire vicarage". With such overwhelming responsibilities, her emotional instability is seen when she first came to Bly. She remembers it through "flights and drops, a little see-saw of the right throbs and the wrong". She also shows her awe at the gr

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