No matter if we read Henry Jamesˇ¦s The Turn of the Screw for fun or for a serious purpose, we all seem to undergo the search for Peter Quint and Miss Jessel ourselves as the governess depicts her own story. That is, the existence of the ghosts in The Turn of the Screw has always been in debate. ... After making a close examination of her state of mind while she is at Bly, readers of The Turn of the Screw will have many more clues to ponder again and to decide to what extent the governess can be believed. ... As to the governess in The Turn of the Screw, she was given supreme authority and at the same time, she carried the responsibility for the house and the two little children. ... Beidler provided two readings of The Turn of the Screw and in the second one he declared: ˇ§the governess saw only what she wanted to seeˇ¨ (Beidler 9).
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