Hamlet Christian Analysis

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One nephew, one bad, and one murder most fowl. Hamlet is that nephew, and his uncle Claudius murdered his father, married his mother two months later, and stole the throne from hamlet. Sounds pretty bad right? Well hamlet wasn't going through all this alone because the world view of this play is Christian. Hamlet shows a Christian world view because of its biblical references, view of suicide, and prayer.
Throughout the play of Hamlet there are many references to people in the Bible. One line untie play says "How dost thou understand the Scripture?/TheScripture said Adam digger"(5.1.33-34). This means he has at least seen the Scriptures because he is able to reference it and knows who Adam is. Although, Adam is a generally known person from the Bible. You don't need to read very far into the Bible to know who Adam is, but that's not the only quote. "O Jephthah, judge of Israel, what a treasure hadst throw"(2.2.388). Jephthah is a very obscure person in the Bible that I didn't even know about. Yet Hamlet is perfectly able to quote him and the scripture he comes from. This means Hamlet has thoroughly read the Bible and knows it very well, like all good Christians should.
The view of suicide in Hamlet is the same as Christians. Characters in Hamlet say that if you commit suicide you do not go to heaven because of your sins (we'll get to …show more content…

Over all Hamlet was an amazing play that I thoroughly enjoyed, it had an intense story that I could not wait to see how it came to an end. This play has one of the best story lines I've seen this year, it kept me intrigued the whole time, I never found a boring spot. It is cool to see that it had a Christian worldview implemented into it to show it to people without them realizing. This shows that God can get is word to anyone through anything and that just goes to show how amazing out God truly

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