KnowraThe Turn of the ScrewLinked fromLinked fromThe 10 pages that link to The Turn of the Screw, each with the reason it gives.All 10Broader topic 10Unreliable narratorBroader topic: The governess’s testimony leaves the supernatural events open to competing interpretations.Gothic fictionBroader topic: Its uncertain ghosts make interpretation itself a source of Gothic suspense.Henry JamesBroader topic: Its uncertain account makes the reader question whether the haunting is supernatural or psychological.Psychological horrorBroader topic: Its unresolved ambiguity leaves open whether the apparitions are real or products of the governess’s mind.Benjamin BrittenBroader topic: Its small forces and ambiguous drama reveal Britten’s command of psychological tension.FocalizationBroader topic: Its restricted account leaves uncertainty about what the governess perceives and knows.Psychological FictionBroader topic: Its ambiguous account makes perception and interpretation inseparable from the story.Supernatural fictionBroader topic: Its uncertain apparitions make readers question whether events are supernatural or psychological.The MasterBroader topic: Its later career as a work of ambiguity echoes the novel’s interest in uncertain knowledge and interior perception.Fantastic literatureBroader topic: Its disputed apparitions leave supernatural and psychological explanations unresolved.