A Ring Magazin új kezdeményezése az alábbiakban olvasható: erősíteni igyekszünk a szellemtudományokat kedvelőket, ezért új sorozatot indítunk a Kultúra rovatunkon belül, annak reményében, hogy ezzel is növeljük irodalombarát olvasótáborunkat. Első cikkünk Absztraktja az alábbiakban található „Was Hamlet a Reformer?” címmel, ami magyarul annyit tesz: Reformátor volt-e Hamlet? A teljes munka első része holnaptól olvasható a ringmagazin.hu felületén, 2015 november 19.-i Kultúra rovatunkban. Kedvcsináló angolul:
Thank you for your interest in William Shakespeare and his hidden dramatic twists in adjusting faith to his heroes. Enjoy it today, the first part of this journal article is being published tomorrow.
Was Hamlet a Reformer?
-Abstract-
Considering the Early Modern World in England and in Europe, this short proposal aims at presenting Hamlet’s world from an ’inner’ and from an ’outer’ reflection: the ’inner’ being the main character’s (Hamlet’s) own world-view based upon his utterances and presumed faith; the ’outer’ sphere exposing the demotivating spiritual famine characteristic to his de facto world.
Should faith be exposed to the absurd world? Should Hamlet be dedicated to a court with spiritual decadence? Should the spiritual decadence survive instead of the morally intact ’still dreaming’ „against a sea of troubles” (3.1. l: 59) still faithfully creative and active Prince?
With a considerable philosophic support, my short proposal is dedicated to the Prince of Denmark, with an eye cast upon the absurd features of his character as well as his classical values, which highlight the eternal prosperity of a man of faith. In addition, the moral and religious fundaments indicate his fatal destruction, evoking at the same time the ’humanistic’ character-traits and the adorable image of him, construed with fantasy by the also faithful Ophelia.
Faith against faith: Reformation against Catholicism—this is going to be the third field I am discussing in my paper. Regarding the faith of Hamlet’s counterpart—who being absurdly not his faithful, spiritual ’soldier’, Ophelia—the Catholic purity dies symbolically in the river, whereas the reform demanding Prince is stabbed de facto, by the faithless, morally corrupted Court.
As I am aiming at presenting the importance of faith, not all the symbols are being listed, yet Hamlet’s words are going to be paraphrased in order to make his ’enterprises of great pitch and moment’ (Act3. Sc.1. L: 86) comprehensible. With some images deduced after the philosophy of Stanley Cavell and Martin Heidegger this work is intended to be an introductory discourse of the absurd logos, the visible outburst of language elements, the eternal sphere of an early modern absurd created by William Shakespeare’s fatal communication.
Key words: absurd Catholicism, refreshing Reformation, symbolical Hamlet, unfaithful believers.