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The Turn of the Screw Delusions of Grandeur In 1898, Henry James wrote one of the most controversial novels of all time. “The Turn of the Screw” is probably one of the first and greatest psychological thrillers of all time. “The Turn of the Screw” The novel is more or less about a governess who is hired to be the caretaker of two children, Miles, and Flora”with an angelic beauty”. During her stay, the governess undergoes many situations, which lead her to believe that the children are possessed by satanic spirits; Miles possessed by Quint, the last master; and Flora, supposedly possessed by Mrs. Jessel, the last governess. These instances could have very well contributed to her losing her sanity, and killing miles. Many people argue that the ghosts of the novel do exist and that the death of miles was a direct response to Quint’s spirit leaving miles’ body. Despite all of the arguments supporting ghosts, the fact of the matter is that the only one who saw the ghosts was the governess; proving that no matter how sane the governess might have been before her stay as governess, she was definitely not sane during her stay with the children, and was governess, miles, children, ghosts, flora, first, quint, jessel, time, very, one, out, james, turn, screw, fear, even, being, after, about, started, probably, people, matter, away, women, take, sleep, screaming, possessed, new, home, henry, window