TOP SIX REASONS Shakespeare probably named Hamlet sentinel Francisco after Francis of Assisi

TOP SIX REASONS #Shakespeare probably named the sentinel Francisco (first character on stage in Hamlet) after Francis of Assisi:

6. "Get thee to a nunnery!":
Clare, friend of Francis, founded the Poor Clares;
the source stories for Hamlet had no parallel "to a nunnery!" rejection of a lover.

5. Fortinbras' lost land:
Franciscan friars are usually positive figures for Shakespeare;
many Franciscan monasteries, named after Francis, were dissolved by Henry VIII (lost land!), who married his brother's wife, as did Claudius in Hamlet.

4. Heart-sick:
Francisco complains of heart-sickness in 1.1, as does Hamlet in 5.2;
Francis was described as often being heart-sick with compassion for the sick and poor.

3. World-weary:
Hamlet complains (2.2) of being world-weary in language similar
to that used by biographer [hagiographer] Thomas of Celano to describe Francis.

2. Father issues:
Hamlet and Francis both refocus on [a heavenly father or] "Providence" instead of their earthly fathers.

1. Love your enemy:
During a crusade, Francis visited the Sultan, leader of the Muslims in Egypt, exemplifying love of enemy;
Hamlet gives his dying voice to Fortinbras, son of his father's enemy, to be the next king of Denmark.

Before the ghost, the name Francisco bids the audience: Remember.

St. Francis and the Sultan
by Bro. Robert Lentz

See also The Saint and the Sultan by Paul Moses (2009).]

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INDEX OF POSTS on Francisco & Bernardo:

PAZZI CONSPIRACY - possible allusion noted by C. Elliot Browne in 1876 in the names of Francisco & Bernardo
https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2017/05/c-elliot-browne-wrote-in-1876-that.html
1 May, 2017

SCOURGE AND MINISTER: BERNARD AND FRANCIS https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2018/03/scourge-minister-bernard-francis.html
- March 26, 2018

MIGHT ART LOST IN DISSOLVED MONASTERIES HAVE HELPED CONNECT HAMLET'S FRANCISCO & BERNARDO TO THE SAINTS?
https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2017/04/might-lost-art-in-dissolved-monasteries.html
- April 03, 2017

FATHER ISSUES FOR HAMLET & FRANCISCO
https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2019/01/shakespeares-hamlet-has-father-issues.html
- April 10, 2017

TOP SIX REASONS Shakespeare probably named sentinel Francisco after Francis of Assisi
https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2017/04/top-six-reasons-shakespeare-probably.html
- April 17, 2017

Four Approaches to Francisco & Bernardo in Hamlet
https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2017/04/four-approaches-to-names-of-sentinels.html
- April 24, 2017

MELANCHOLY: LOST DELIGHT IN HAMLET & FRANCIS OF ASSISI
https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2017/07/melancholy-lost-delight-hamlet-francis.html
- July 17, 2017

How Geographical Memory May Have Encouraged the Naming of Two Characters in Hamlet
https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2017/07/how-geographical-memory-may-have.html
- July 24, 2017

SHAKESPEARE'S HAMLET FINDS A FATHER IN PROVIDENCE (not RI)
https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2017/11/shakespeares-hamlet-finds-father-in.html
- November 20, 2017

WHAT DO FRANCISCO & BERNARDO HAVE TO DO WITH SHAKESPEARE & THE BIBLE?
https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2017/12/what-do-francisco-bernardo-have-to-do.html
- December 03, 2017

BERNARDO TALES: LAERTES & HAMLET RECONCILE, as do BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX & PETER ABELARD
https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2017/12/bernardo-abelard-hamlet-laertes-reconcile.html
- December 04, 2017

CORRUPTED REFORMERS: WHY SOMEONE NAMED AFTER BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX MIGHT BE FIRST TO SPEAK IN SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET
https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2019/01/corrupted-reformers-why-someone-named.html
- January 01, 2018

SCOURGE AND MINISTER: BERNARD AND FRANCIS
https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2018/03/scourge-minister-bernard-francis.html
- March 26, 2018
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