![]() ![]() ![]() As I have tried to demonstrate, demonic possession in plays serves as an image of the kind of self from which male characters are trying to escape : overcome by desire unstable in its masculinity of a physical nature, and lacking, therefore, in inwardness. ![]() Indeed, it has been one of the aims of this study to contribute to our understanding of early modern attitudes towards these matters. I have investigated this ambivalence in relation to three issues : definitions of selfhood, the politics of religion, and the nature of theatre. This ambivalent portrayal of possession and exorcism on the stage has been the subject of this study. Here, exorcism – with clearly Catholic overtones – is employed as a valid religious ritual, and as a convincing solution to the problems addressed in the play. Forsake his works, they're foul and black. ![]()
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