Professor Camerlingo’s lecture focused on the theme of justice in the Renaissance era and the language associated with it in Shakespeare’s work. In particular, the lecture considered three plays, The Merchant of Venice, Measure for Measure, and Hamlet, showing how different characters represent and propose different declinations of morality and justice. Religious schisms led to the questioning of Catholic conceptualizations of law and morality, bringing them to the centre of debate, and of the stage, during the Renaissance. The analysis of three excerpts, one from each work, was accompanied by historical, cultural, and religious explanations in order to clarify what were the main theoretical bases supporting the character and arguments of the dramatis personae analysed.
15 novembre 2022