Keywords
Shakespeare, Hamlet, murder, death, afterlife, ghost, Catholic, theology, metaphysics, morality
Abstract
This paper proposes that Shakespeare deliberately incorporated speculative theology into Hamlet to stimulate religious scepticism. It explores the troubling implications of the ghost’s behaviour, cinematic adaptations of the murder testimony, and the characters’ moral failings in the purportedly Catholic cosmos of Elsinore.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Merrill, Kyler, "The Divinity That Shapes Our Ends: Theological Conundrums and Religious Scepticism in Hamlet" (2019). Student Works. 255.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/studentpub/255
Document Type
Class Project or Paper
Publication Date
2019-04-22
Language
English
College
Humanities
Department
English
Course
English 382
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