Presence VS. Absence: A Study of Psychological Realism in Aloy’s Presence of Mind (1999)

Sima Gharibey

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This paper aims at studying the juxtaposition of presence vs. absence in Aloy’s Presence of Mind (1999) that occurs to be the cinematic adaptation of a short story by Henry James, i.e. “The Turn of the Screw” in the light of psychological realism. In this study, beside the psychology of characters, the style and aesthetics in this film as fine art are analyzed and the central female character’s being stuck amid presence and absence and her endeavors to prove herself have also been discussed in the light of psychological realism.


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Presence VS. Absence; Psychological Realism; Presence of Mind, Adaptation; The Turn of the Screw

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