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Mar 24, 2017 · Mark Matheson argues Hamlet’s father is Roman Catholic when he states, “He has gone to his death ‘unhouseled’ and ‘unaneled’ (I.77)—that is, without benefit of the Eucharist and extreme unction—introduces a language that is unambiguously Roman Catholic” (384).
Oct 31, 2017 · Is the ghost really Hamlet's father? Shakespeare highlights the difference in beliefs between early modern Catholics and Protestants.
Hamlet does not find his Catholic (and prophetic) soul stymied by the Protestant universe around him. Rather, the play suggests that Protestant and Catholic bloodlust can only end with...
Dec 3, 2015 · Hamlet does not find his Catholic (and prophet ic) soul stymied by the Protestant universe around him. Rather, the play suggests that Protestant and Catholic bloodlust can only end with same stupid slaughter. Hamlet might be a Catholic avenger who wants to restore the traditional world of his father’s Denmark.
Purgatory and the Ghost: One of the play’s central mysteries is the ghost of Hamlet’s father, who claims to be suffering in purgatory until his murder is avenged. This reference to purgatory aligns with Catholic doctrine, which would have resonated with audiences familiar with the religious debates of the time.
Claudius has no more qualms about killing Hamlet than in murdering the king. Suspicious that Hamlet knows the truth about the foul murder and wary by the danger Hamlet poses, Claudius schemes to send Hamlet to England under the pretext of a change of scenery to cure him of melancholy over his father’s death.
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Shakespeare's mother, Mary Arden, was a member of a conspicuous and determinedly Catholic family in Warwickshire. [16] In 1606, his daughter Susanna was listed as one of the residents of Stratford who failed to take (Anglican) Holy Communion at Easter, which may suggest Catholic sympathies. [17]
