Comparison Of "Fall Of Man" And "Hamlet"

Part I of Essay
The medieval traditions shown in the "Fall of Man" were very apparent in Shakespeare's play, Hamlet. It is not known whether or not Shakespeare ever read the "Fall of Man", and it does not matter, for the effects and influence of the “Fall of Man” on Shakespeare's writing ....

Part II of Essay
.... common amount of syllables per line is eight. “That moffes me mikill in my minde:”[line 2] or “I knawe it wele, this was His skille”[line 46], these are both examples from “The Fall of Man”. The breaks in this pattern are quite often put there for emphasis on a line, word or point trying to be made. Shakespeare also has a common amount of syllables, ten per line, with a break in pattern for emphasizes, for example: “He hath, my lord, wrung from me my slow leave”[I, II, 61], or “Aha boy, say'st thou so? Art thou there, true”[I, V, 72] ....