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Item Return of the Repressed: A Gothic Reading of Henry James's The Turn of the Screw(Department of English, 2007) Subedi, GobindHenry James'sThe Turn of the Screw(1898) is a psycho-gothic study in the context of high Victorian culture of imperial domination and subordination of women. The young governess in the novella becomes the victim of the oppression of patriarchal ideologyof that time, which makes her sexually repressed. Her sexual desires traumatize her and she frequently sees the ghosts of her employer's valet. Thus, the study highlights the 19 th century conception of identity of women. The abuse of power that enabled domination in imperial and gender relations were paid for at a terrible cost.The Turn of the Screwseems to be about the return of the oppressed as well as the repressed.Item Treatment of Sex as Life Instinct in Marquez's Novel Memories of My Melancholy Whores(Department of English, 2008) Gautam, UddhavMarquez's Memories of My Melancholy Whores unearths the vitality of sex in human life viewing it as an important ingredient of life. The unnamed narrator of the novel is ninety years old, yet active and energetic in sexual intercourse. His active and rather comfortable life is the effect of his sexual adventures throughout his life. Sex makes him creative and enthusiastic by freeing him from the traumatic situation caused by the repression of sexual desires. His writings at the newspaper make him evergreen lover at the age of ninety. Everyone likes his column, and he becomes a celebrity at once. Therefore, his creativity is the cause of his fulfillment of repressed desires.