The Fifth Quest by Robertson Davies In the novel "The Fifth Quest", the author Robertson Davies is able to successfully relate both the themes of magic and religion . It achieves this relationship between themes primarily through characters and their actions. Dunstan Ramsay, Paul Dempster, Mary Dempster, and Liselotte Vitzliputzli all help illustrate the close relationship between magic and religion. One of the characters that Davies uses to relate the theme of magic and religion is Dunstable Ramsay. Dunny grew up in a Scottish Presbyterian family in Deptford, Ontario. During the war, he kept busy reading the New Testament and states that "The Arabian Nights and the Bible were getting very close", referring to both magic and religion. After serving in the war, Dunstable was renamed Dunstan by Diana in honor of Saint Dunstan. Dunstan's study of saints becomes his passion and he later travels the world seeking information on different living saints. During his search for saints, Dunstan accidentally stumbles upon Le grande Cirque forain de St. Vile and Illusions, a circus where Paul Dempster performed magic. This clearly indicates how Dunstan is linked to both magic and religion. Paul Dempster, another character in the novel, illustrates the relationship between magic and religion. Paul is the son of Mary Dempster who Dunstan considered a saint. His father, Amasa Dempster, is the Baptist parish priest of Deptford and is considered ...