Supersitions And Scepticism In Shakespeare’s Julius Caeser, Hamletand Richard Iii

Abstract

William Shakespeare started out to be clearly a standout amongst the most powerful writers in English writing. This dissertation is a critical analysis of the use of Superstition and Skepticism in some selected plays by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare used both mythological and Biblical allusions. Shakespeare's gatherings of people, and his plays, were the results of their way of life. Since the legitimacy of any artistic work can best be judged by its open acknowledgment, also its enduring force, it appears that Shakespeare's phantoms and witches were, and are, hugely famous.

According to Henry N. Hudson in Shakespeare‟s Life, Art and Characters claims: “Shakespeare by general suffrage, is the best name in writing. There can be no luxury in saying, that to all who talk the English dialect his virtuoso has improved the world worth living in, and life a nobler and sure thing.”The main purpose of the study was to analyse how Shakespeare uses superstition and scepticism in the three selected plays, Hamlet, Julius Caesar and Richard III to structure his plays.