Title
Date of Award
5-2013
Thesis Date
5-2013
Degree Type
Honors Thesis-Unrestricted
Degree Name
B.A.
Department
English
Degree Program
English
Director
Catherine Loomis
Abstract
The use of supernatural beings in four of Shakespeare’s plays – A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and The Tempest – is examined in order to show the change in Shakespeare’s thinking about magic, and how the mortal and supernatural can co-exist. The shift from properly controlled benevolent female power, to out-of-control malevolent female power, to the eradication of female power and triumph of the male magus is examined; the ideal co-existence of the human and supernatural worlds is assessed.
Recommended Citation
Loar, Patrice, "Magical Process" (2013). Senior Honors Theses. 40.
https://scholarworks.uno.edu/honors_theses/40
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