Senior Project Advisor
Katherine Anderson
Document Type
Project
Publication Date
Spring 2022
Abstract
This paper examines Dean Winchester's existential character anxiety in the CW's 'Supernatural.' Dean begins in a binary universe defined by life and death and good and evil. The hunter's world is meant to be black and white, but the series instead crosses and blurs boundaries. Dean's mixed identities reflect the arbitrary nature of the rules around him. This paper combines close reading of 'Supernatural' episodes with a critical theory framework to explore the rules set up and enforced in 'Supernatural,' Dean's character arc and repeated deaths, and what happens in the in-between spaces.
Department
English
Recommended Citation
Jenkins, Megan, "Dean Winchester's Borderlands" (2022). WWU Honors College Senior Projects. 561.
https://cedar.wwu.edu/wwu_honors/561
Subjects - Topical (LCSH)
Fantasy television programs--Criticism and interpretation
Genre/Form
criticism
Type
Text
Rights
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Language
English
Format
application/pdf