The Turn Of The Screw Thesis Statement: While "The Turn of the Screw" initially appears to be a typical ghost story, progression of the novel exposes the narrator's ignorance and unfamiliarity of her position as the narrator moves towards a nervous breakdown. "The Turn of the Screw", by Henry James, first appears to the reader as a ghost story. It is the tale of how a young lady accepts a job as a governess, and …showed first 75 words of 1483 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1483 total…I think that Spilka got way ahead of himself on this one, and once again used the power of imagination, ironically similar to the way Miss Jessel used hers in the novel. I think that this interpretation was unnecessary, and while it isn't my position to state fact on this novel, that Leon Edel and Edna Kenton were dead on with their interpretations, and that The Turn of the Screw isn't much deeper than that.