Hamlet, Protestantism, and the Mourning of Contingency: Not to BeAshgate Publishing, Ltd., 28.4.2013 - 278 sivua Building on current scholarly interest in the religious dimensions of the play, this study shows how Shakespeare uses Hamlet to comment on the Calvinistic Protestantism predominant around 1600. By considering the play's inner workings against the religious ideas of its time, John Curran explores how Shakespeare portrays in this work a completely deterministic universe in the Calvinist mode, and, Curran argues, exposes the disturbing aspects of Calvinism. By rendering a Catholic Prince Hamlet caught in a Protestant world which consistently denies him his aspirations for a noble life, Shakespeare is able in this play, his most theologically engaged, to delineate the differences between the two belief systems, but also to demonstrate the consequences of replacing the old religion so completely with the new. |
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... Calvinistic, obsignatory views, widely found among English Reformers (Coverdale,Latimer, Ridley, Cranmer, Hooper, Jewel),reduce sacraments to ineffectual signs ofbenefits theycan represent butin nowayenable, confer,or facilitate—much ...
... Calvinist universe that allows for neitherthe alteration ofoutcomes northe possibilityof earning redemption through admirable, selfapprobatory human endeavor: auniverse thatonly permits predetermined, inevitable necessities andforegone ...
... Calvinistic slant,many of itsemphases, especially humility and iconoclasm,are appealing tome, and Idare say we in the United States could benefit in ourcollective consciousness from a dose of them,as we muchtoo easily fallthese days ...
... Calvinistic Protestantism dominant at this time andin effect required oflaw to bebelieved by all Englishmen. In my reading,the humanistic attitude Hamlet articulates in this sceneis consonant with thebasic philosophical position of ...
... Calvinistic Protestantism forcesus to conceive. Heshowsus, with thishismost theologically driven play, thevery high intellectual and emotionalcost of the newer religion's veryhard doctrine if seen inall its fullness. Itwas a cost ...
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TheLoss of Contingency 2TheBe the Eucharist and the Logic of Protestantism | |
4The Theater of Merit 5 Chastity andthe Strumpet Fortune 6 The BeProtestantism and Silence | |
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