"Negating Female Power: The Supernatural 'Woman.'" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc449/ Author: Woolley, Danielle. Type: Journal Article Year: 2013 Publication Information: Shakespeare Institute Review 2 (2013): 23–29. (http://www.shakesreview.com) Annotation: "Examine[s] the feminine superhuman force, locating its negation through masculine spheres of discourse and action" and "argue[s] that throughout Macbeth and Henry VI Part I there is never a truly autonomous feminine power and that females that are, or become, superhuman, are abhorrent within the context of the play." Language: English Keywords: witch; women; supernatural; masculinity; femininity Tags: 1 Henry VI, Macbeth, Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism WSB Update: Fall 2013 WSB Record Number: bbbc449