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Monday, March 11, 2013
Shakespeare and the Bible
As an aside, I’m noticing a lot of themes from Shakespeare
were borrowed from Tanach. David’s feigning madness to avoid the wrath of
the Phillistines is mirrored by Hamlet’s feigning madness to avoid the wrath of
Claudius. Likewise Uriah’s being sent to the front lines with sealed
orders for conspiracy to commit his own death is mirrored by Hamlet’s being
sent to England with sealed orders for his. The parable of trees choosing
a king is sort of mirrored by, "Macbeth shall never vanquished be, until
Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinaine Hill Shall come against him."
(4.1.92-4) I’m trying to make a connection between Richard III
being surrounded and killed with Shaul’s being surrounded by Phillistines and
killed on Mount Gilboa.
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