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How do you respond to Shakespeare's presentation of the impact of Christian belief in Hamlet?
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... June 2001 - Question (b) How do you respond to Shakespeare's presentation of the impact of Christian belief in Hamlet? You should base your answer on a detailed examination of at least two appropriate sequences of your choice. Christianity and Christian beliefs are not explored in a necessarily extensive way in Hamlet. This is because matters of religious significance could be said to have been common knowledge as the religion of the country was Christianity in some denomination or another. It would therefore seem, then, that such beliefs would be upheld, and held in respect at that, being a canon for which probably everybody accepted as being correct. However, there are instances in the play where it seems that the Bard has used religion as a means of creating a deep reaction in the audience. In Act I scene ii, Hamlet mentions God and his canon, in Hamlet's opening speech, Or that the Everlasting had
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