English
using a historical lens
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what is the significance of this passage as seen
through a historical lens?
[hamlet: ] what a piece of work is a man! how noble in
reason! how infinite in faculty! in form, in moving, how
express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in
apprehension how like a god!
-hamlet,
william shakespeare
it reflects the humanist belief in human nobility and
intelligence.
it shows the new emphasis on personal education
in the middle ages.
it reveals the connection between religion and
politics in elizabethan england