Hamlet is arguably Shakespeare’s best play. Most people immediately think of its “To be or not to be” monologue. But Abraham Lincoln considered its most important soliloquy “My offence is rank.” Like so many other passages in Shakespeare, it contains many biblical references. I believe it contains an important message for our world.
The setting for Hamlet was the royal house in Denmark. However, I believe Shakespeare probably got the idea from events on the British throne. The narrative is very intense and reads as though it springs from the author’s personal experience.
In the play, Hamlet’s father was king, but then Claudius, the king’s brother, Hamlet’s uncle, killed him and, within two months, married his widow. He then began to realize the depth of his sin. These words reveal how Shakespeare was influenced by the Bible:
Hamlet is arguably Shakespeare’s best play. Most people immediately think of its “To be or not to be” monologue. But Abraham Lincoln considered its most important soliloquy “My offence is rank.” Like so many other passages in Shakespeare, it contains many biblical references. I believe it contains an important message for our world.
The setting for Hamlet was the royal house in Denmark. However, I believe Shakespeare probably got the idea from events on the British throne. The narrative is very intense and reads as though it springs from the author’s personal experience.
In the play, Hamlet’s father was king, but then Claudius, the king’s brother, Hamlet’s uncle, killed him and, within two months, married his widow. He then began to realize the depth of his sin. These words reveal how Shakespeare was influenced by the Bible:
Hamlet is arguably Shakespeare’s best play. Most people immediately think of its “To be or not to be” monologue. But Abraham Lincoln considered its most important soliloquy “My offence is rank.” Like so many other passages in Shakespeare, it contains many biblical references. I believe it contains an important message for our world.
The setting for Hamlet was the royal house in Denmark. However, I believe Shakespeare probably got the idea from events on the British throne. The narrative is very intense and reads as though it springs from the author’s personal experience.
In the play, Hamlet’s father was king, but then Claudius, the king’s brother, Hamlet’s uncle, killed him and, within two months, married his widow. He then began to realize the depth of his sin. These words reveal how Shakespeare was influenced by the Bible:
