A Study of Psychological Realism in the Innocents (1961)
Author (s) : Sima Ghabirey
Institution : PhD in English Literature, Department of Linguistics and Foreign Languages, Persian Gulf University, Iran
Category : Articles, IJMMU
Topics : Psychological Realism; The Innocents (1961); Adaptation; The Turn of the Screw
Abstract : This article studies The Innocents (1961) from the perspective of psychological realism and analyzes this cinematic adaptation of “The Turn of the Screw” via semiotics, images and symbols deployed in the light of psychological realism. Henry James’s short story The Turn of the Screw has variously been adapted into several films. However, Clayton’s film seeks to question rather than reproduce these stereotypes. This is achieved by shifting attention away from the narrative and focusing
instead on the characters and their reactions. The ghosts might be apparitions of dead people, or they maybe nothing more than projections of Miss Giddens’s imagination. What really matters are the effect they have on Miss Giddens herself as she is forced to confront her hitherto suppressed desires.
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