Throughout The Turn of the Screw, by Henry James, ambiguity is used deliberately with respect to the reality of ghosts. Without certainty, the reader must guess and guess to determine whether the ghosts are real or conjured up in the housekeeper's mind. There is further evidence of ghost imagery in this book. One source of evidence is the housekeeper's training. At the beginning of the book the housekeeper is thrown into a situation for which she is not prepared. This unpreparedness was due to the life he lived before going to Bly. That life gave her little applicable experience and left her always craving attention, especially from men. Furthermore, the governess feels the need to discredit the children's perfection and by creating these ghosts this goal could be achieved. This need to attract a man's attention and discredit children suggests that the governess was never in her right mind and imagined ghosts. When the governess entered Bly, she was a naïve young country girl. Up until that point he had led a “small, stifled life” (chapter 3, page 1), which was not the kind of life he wanted. That kind of life had its insecurities. She has always cared about appearances, especially her own. The housekeeper “always expects to meet” (chapter 13, page 2) a man who will immediately judge her based on her appearance. This belief leads the housekeeper to always worry about how she is perceived. Whether it's Mrs. Grose, the children, the ghosts, or the master, he wants to know their opinions. In particular, the master offers the housekeeper something that she had longed for. The company offers them. In his life with his “brothers and sisters and... cat and... dog at home” (Chapter...... middle of paper ...... the self-esteem of sovereignty, because he was of the same The governess's gender, on the other hand, has experienced things that the governess could not bear due to the gender difference. Once the ignominious nature of ghosts is applied to the children, they become less and less perfect in the governess's eyes housekeeper was not suited to taking care of children. Her life did not prepare her for this job, especially the stress that came with it due to the additional pressure, which she was not used to, that being a housekeeper caused her. guard” (Chapter 3, page 2). Her desire to appear better than the children also creates doubts about the governess's sanity. In all this implies the governess's desire for attention and the need to discredit the children driven to create ghosts in his head. Works Cited Turn of the Screw