Turn of the Screw review

There is something about the human mind that does not like uncertainty; a mystery leaves a hole in the psyche that simply must be filled. This is a rather good thing for the survival of the species. If you heard a strange growl behind you and you didn’t wonder what was causing it, you might not be around to generate offspring. That doesn’t explain, though, why we like to know what happened in a bit of fiction. Consider Henry James’ “The Turn of the Screw.” The story is Henry James looking … [Read more...] about Faith and Uncertainty