Note:  Kenneth Branagh’s 1996 Hamlet is the only unabridged film version of this Shakespeare play. Rated PG-13, it shows several split-second clips of nudity and other sexually implicit scenes, as well as a disturbing amount of blood. As with all films, please use your own judgment in viewing.

In almost any piece of literature, whether sacred or secular, religion and faith are portrayed in some way by the story. Sometimes it is a particular religion; other times, it is merely providence or fate, or even the goodness of man. Shakespeare’s Hamlet has many religious themes, as it is set in a Roman Catholic society. Already in the first scene, Marcellus says:
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