The Turn of the Screw

governess' (Bell 95). It was often true that a governess was a depressed woman who might break down under the conditions of her narrow life (Bell 95). It was said that, at this time, former governess' make up the largest number of female inmates in hospitals for the insane (Bell 95). The common life of a Victorian governess was obviously a narrow, boring life that could literally make an innocent woman go insane.
             The governess at Bly has stored up so much sexual repression from her childhood that she goes fanatic after meeting one guy that asks her to be the governess of his niece and nephew. This young lady that is
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