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This paper explores the supernatural tones of the movie "The Innocents" and the book on which it is based "The Turn of the Screw" and argues that it is more a psychological story than a supernatural story. Exploring various mental illnesses including bipolar disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder, the author of the paper illustrates why there are stronger psychological undertones than supernatural undertones.

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"The Turn of the Screw was such a popular story that it was adapted into a play and then later a movie. The story is based on a governess and her experiences after accepting a job being in charge of two young children. Throughout the book, the play and the movie there are implications of supernatural powers, but never are they proven. As the movie, book and play unfold and one places them under a microscope of analysis one will see that it is more about the psychological problems of the governess that create the illusion of supernatural powers."

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