| Shakespear writes as if The Reformation hasnt evem happened | A.P Nuttall |
| The feudal Catholic world cannot provide Hamlet with a secure identity or an ideological basis for action | Matheson |
| Wittenburg is famous for the disputations of religion, provoked by Martin Luther | Samuel Lewkenor |
| The ghost represents a widespread fear of being forgotten after death | Stephen Greenblatt -ghost |
| Hamlet is a Protestant man haunted by a Catholic ghost. | Stephen Greenblatt – haunted |
| All duties seem holy for Hamlet | Von Goethe |
| Hamlet is unable to carry out the sacred duty, imposed by divine authority of punishing an evil man by death | Bradley – duty |
| Hamlet is a figure of nihilism | Wilson Knight |
| While Hamlet cannot be called a religious drama, there is both a freer use of religious ideas and a more decided imitation of supreme power | Bradley – religious ideas |
| It is the fear of the unknown country from which no traveller returns, rather than any religious prohibitions which deters Hamlet from his own thoughts of self murder | Amy Licence |
Hamlet Critics – Religion
November 29, 2019