The Turn of the Screw is written in the point of view of the governess. Initially I questioned why her point of view and not the children’s, but who would truly believe children or an old woman seeing ghost. However, when it revealed Flora getting ill and Mile’s death it became evident why. This ghost story was used to explore the wonders of the mind. In the beginning it is easy to argue that the governess actually saw ghosts considering she didn’t know who Peter Quint was to be able to describe him in such detail; same for the prior governess. However, I believe she may have only saw the ghosts once and never again. The children caught wind of what she saw and decided to play a cruel joke on her because she’s the new girl. The importance of continuing in her point of view becomes clear because she becomes so obsessed with the idea of ghosts and evil harming the kids that she becomes the evil that harms the kids. Flora becoming sick was a coincidence for the characters but foreshadowing for the story as a whole. If Flora becomes sick with the governess harassing her about ghost imagine what would happen to Miles. Governess becomes so consumed with ghost, Miles knows about her weird obsession and tries to sympathize with her, but she ultimately scares him to death with the whole idea. No one saw the ghosts but her because she became the evil that was set to harm them.