To Sin Or Not To Sin: Shakespeare’s Vision Of God And Man

Shakespeare doesn’t preach, he probes. In Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear, divine justice isn’t guaranteed, and grace isn’t always granted. His plays don’t answer theological questions so much as ask them: Are we free or fated? Is there mercy for the worst of us? In staging the tension between sin and salvation, Shakespeare reminds us just how near — and how far — God can sometimes feel.