Heaven’s Above “Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some of the most refined and elegant qualities of human potential – generosity, service, self-sacrifice, unselfishness and duty.” –Willard Gaylen Before 1900, mankind conformed to a moral code of conduct and maintained a strong faith in God. Man was obedient and fearful. But what used to be a religious age with obedient faith and an …showed first 75 words of 1977 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1977 total…aware of what was decent and proper. He could not ignore his guilty conscience and struggled to be free of his wretched state. He looked down upon his own rank behaviour. His plaguing guilt and fear of damnation illustrates the fact that he desperately tried to focus on eternity. The characters in Hamlet, although flawed in their actions, were all aware of moral injunctions and prohibitions. Each character is immersed in the flow of eternity.