Humanism: I Dreamed A Dream

As asked in class. What does this have to do with what we are learning?  Who would she have been during the middle ages?  What does this have to do with the Renaissance?  How do you feel about what we talked  The Lyrics for the song are found here. 

The last few lines: 
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living,
So different now from what it seemed...
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed...