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'''Shakespeare and the devil''' concern the 270 times that [[Shakespeare]] expressly mentions the [[devil]] in his works.<ref>https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/</ref> Shakespeare references [[Satan]] only 8 times, and [[Lucifer]] only 7 times, both in only his more obscure works.  But Shakespeare is copious in his references to the devil.
 
'''Shakespeare and the devil''' concern the 270 times that [[Shakespeare]] expressly mentions the [[devil]] in his works.<ref>https://www.opensourceshakespeare.org/</ref> Shakespeare references [[Satan]] only 8 times, and [[Lucifer]] only 7 times, both in only his more obscure works.  But Shakespeare is copious in his references to the devil.
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In Shakespeare's greatest work, [[Hamlet]], Hamlet himself has multiple references to the devil such as this:
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{{cquote|May be a devil; and the devil hath power
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T' assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps
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<br>Out of my weakness and my melancholy,
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<br>As he is very potent with such spirits,
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<br>Abuses me to damn me. I'll have grounds
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<br>More relative than this. The play's the thing
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<br>Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King. Exit.<ref>Act II, scene 2.</ref>}}
 
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==References==
 
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