ENGL 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Renaissance Humanism, Rationality
14 Mar 2016
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Equilibrium 1: hamlet and the ideal of renaissance humanism. Imbalance: hamlet and the falling off from hyperion to satyr . Hyperion: god of watchfulness, wisdom of light , associated with reason, the sun, illumination . During play: humanity ruled by passion, desire, seen directly in mother"s marriage, suspected indirectly in claudius murder of brother, old hamlet and marriage to gertrude. Equilibrium: ideal of renaissance humanism, human defined by, rationality, moral education, engagement cultural, political and military life, interconnection between personal and public life. Imbalance: falling off from hyperion to satyr , human defined by, passions, appetites, uncertain morality, ambiguous cultural norms (law, justice, lack of connection between outer and inner. World of mystery: mysteriousness and uncertainty, problematic conflict between outer appearance and inner significance, emphasis on mortality, weakness, infection, and loss. Finding a role and purpose in the world of mystery. Hamlet and the play within the play (act iii, scene ii)
