Comparison Of "Fall Of Man" And "Hamlet"

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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] These schemes are found throughout both plays.
It is evident that Shakespeare learned this technique from medieval
writings such as “The Fall of Man”.
The other very clear effect of medieval writing on Shakespeare is
the similar plots. "The Fall of Man" is a tragedy relating the sad story
of Adam and Eve and the deception of them by the "A worme that wotith wele…
"[line 54] or the serpent. In Hamlet, which is also a tragedy, Hamlet the
king of Denmark is killed by his brother, who then marries the Queen.
Claudius the brother of the king deceives the kingdom, and ...

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