Hamlet, Protestantism, And the Mourning of Contingency
Subtitle: Not to Be
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: November 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780754654360
Subjects: Shakespeare studies & criticism; Literary Criticism; Plays / Drama; Shakespeare; Books & Reading; 16th century; 17th century; Christian drama, English; History; History and criticism; Protestantism and literature
First sentence: In his initial conversation with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (II.ii.221-308), Hamlet in the midst of his effort to appear depressed lets fall a number of strangely conflicting remarks about human potential.