Read the excerpt below and answer the question. what a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! (act 2, scene 2) this quotation from hamlet reflects the fact that shakespeare lived in a time of . catharsis humanism problem plays skepticism

Hamlet itself is considered as a problem play, but problem plays were widespread in 19th century. It is actually a Shakespearean problem play. Showing the paradoxical nature of human qualities, it is a problem play, but the author lived in the time of humanist literature. So that, the answer is humanism.  

The answer is: humanism.

Shakespeare lived during the 16th and 17th centuries, a time in history that was characterized for being strongly marked by an earlier movement, the Renaissance, that during the 15th century and ever since, inspired a new age in humanity that revolved around humanist values that, taking inspiration from ancient Greek and Roman values, considered the human being to be the absolute focus of politics, philosophy, science, and art.