The Turn of the Screw, a ghost story short story by Henry James, was first published in 1898. It is described as a masterpiece of the narration and, because of the way it creates an atmosphere of terror; it is considered a central text of the horror genre. The story is about a guest named Douglas who reads a story from a written record to other guests. An unknown narrator remembers some friends gathering at an old house to listen to each other's ghost stories, then introduces Douglas, who tells them a story involving two children and a governess. As Douglas reads the story, the point of view changes and the story is told by a different character. It is precisely her sister's governess who recounts her mysterious experience, in which she claims to have encountered a ghost. Due to the manipulation of point of view by the narrators, this short story is considered a masterpiece. Henry James's use of point of view is not only an effort to involve the reader in the story so that the reader questions the reliability of the narrator, but also changes the structure of a traditional ghost story. As noted above, a first narrator introduces the story to the reader and explains the origin of the story through a character named Douglas. Next, a second narrator is introduced; the inner voice of the manuscript, so to speak, embodied in the figure of the governess, who problematically decides whether the apparitions are real or mere illusions. Indeed, the governess's point of view does not provide conclusive evidence of her experience; the conflict therefore remains mysterious and open to the reader's interpretation. Throughout the story, two first-person narrators can be distinguished: an unknown narrator and the...... middle of paper ......uh In other words, James entrusts the reader with the responsibility to complete the work. The turn of the screw still leads us to wonder whether the governess is telling the truth or not, whether ghosts really exist or not. Although the lack of a "correct" reading can be a challenge, it is important to realize that a literary work is not necessarily about absolute interpretation. After all, as JA Ward says, "the role of the artist is to see multiplicity, not to impose unity" (60).Works CitedJAMES, Henry. The turn of the screw. Ebooks Ibiblio. Internet. March 28. 2014. PDF.JONES, Alexander E. “Point of view in the turn of the screw”. Modern Language Association. Flight. 74, No. 1. 1959. pp. 112-122. PDF.WARD, JA “The Ambiguities of Henry James”. The Sewanee Review. Flight. 83, No. 1 Maryland: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1975, pp. PDF.