Shakespearean Conjuring

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This paper explores the society of the period by examining the impact the Renaissance had on England, and the fact that its diverse trends had been elaborated into divergent and sometimes extreme forms.
The paper describes of the origin of the period's obsession with the occult and the mystical, and explains the plethora of fantastic and mythic creatures running throughout the gamut of Elizabethan theater.

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INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I: The Magus in Society, The Life of John Dee
CHAPTER II: Knowledge as Power, Representation of Magic as Knowledge
CHAPTER III: Marlowe and the Magic of Faustus
CHAPTER IV: Societal Instability and the Power of the Unknown
CHAPTER V: The Connotations of Magic Use as Related to the Goals
CHAPTER VI: Prospero's Relation to the Magus in Renaissance Society
CHAPTER VII: The Debate over the Morality of Prospero
CHAPTER IIX: The Ambiguity of Prospero's Morality
CHAPTER IX: The Failure of Prospero
CHAPTER X : The Meaning of the Magus
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY

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The presence of mystical themes is prevalent throughout the theatrical works of the Elizabethan era, almost every play had a ghost, monster, witch, alchemist, etc. of some sort contained within it. What was the origin of the period's obsession with the occult and the mystical, why is there such a plethora of fantastic and mythic creatures running throughout the gamut of Elizabethan theater?

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