The notion of psychology and the supernatural is related in The 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 …
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…of the governess. Bibliography Millicent Bell "Class, Sex, and the Victorian Governess: James's The Turn of the Screw", New Essays on Daisy Miller and The Turn of the Screw, ed. Vivian R. Pollak , Cambridge University Press, 1993 Ned Lukacher "'Hanging Fire': The Primal Scene of The Turn of the Screw" Modern Critical Interpretations, Cornell University Press, 1986 Alan W. Bellringer "English Morality - The Spoils of Poynton, What Maisie Knew, 'The Turn of the Screw'", Henry James