In this context, James’s story clearly indicates an organized way of presenting more than one meaning using his ghost story. Thus, it is in contrast with the use of vagueness in literature and arts. It permits specific and distinct interpretations of the subject and object (Allen 58). By definition, ambiguity is the art of expressing more than one meaning or interpretation using words, pictures, objects or other aspects of media. Therefore, the purpose of this discussion is to determine how Henry James uses ambiguity and what ambiguity suggests in the novella. Although James has stated that he wanted to write a “purely” ghost story, evidence of psychological disintegration is presented by the author’s use of ambiguity. Since James published the novella, it has become a topic argument as to whether it is a simple tale of supernatural impact on human beings or psychological disintegration. The young man is unconcerned, leaving the young governess as the sole observer of the two children, who are apparently haunted by some spirits or ghosts in their large house of Bly. The children are the young man’s niece and nephew. She is taking care of two children on behalf of an unnamed young man.
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