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The Subconscious Desires And Illusions In Henry James Turn Of The Screw

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The Subconscious Desires and Illusions In the novella, Turn of the Screw, Henry James style of rendering the story through the Governess’s perspective insinuates the events at Bly mansion to be ambiguous. In the beginning, the female protagonist becomes a governess to acquire money although, during her stay she encounters two ghosts. The Governess believes these ghosts are of Peter Quint and Miss Jessel after her conservation with Mrs. Grose about the past of Bly mansion. She insists they are real conversely, only the Governess perceives these “ghosts”. James incorporates female gothic” conventions by his abstract explanation of the supernatural occurrences throughout the storyline. Punter and Byron definition of a female gothic plot is, “the
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