THE THEME OF LOVE IN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY “TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT YOU WILL”
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THE THEME OF LOVE IN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S COMEDY “TWELFTH NIGHT, OR WHAT YOU WILL”
Introduction. The work of the great English playwright William Shakespeare coincided with one of the most beautiful pages in the history of European culture — with the Renaissance — from the XVI to the XVII centuries.
The Renaissance placed a man with all the virtues at the center of the world. And the soul, and the body, and thoughts, and actions-everything in it is recognized as beautiful or aspiring to beauty, for which the art of Antiquity was taken as a model. The Renaissance view of the world is characterized by a desire for self-knowledge, an understanding of the value of one's own personality, faith in one's own strength and capabilities, and activity in achieving goals.
In many plays, the playwright captured the deepening of the subjective world of man, which was expressed primarily in the manifestation and development of love feelings. In the Renaissance, man discovered in a new way the need and ability to love; this feeling became a means of self-expression, the identification of individuality. It was in love that the best personal qualities were manifested: nobility (in the Renaissance sense), selflessness, sincerity.
Main body. “Twelfth Night, or What You Will” is one of the best comedies in the legacy of W. Shakespeare, it was created at the end of the first optimistic period of his work (researchers attribute it to 1600). In the center of the play is the image of the subjectivity and whimsicality of the love feeling, which the playwright shows as a natural natural principle inherent in free natures. The conflict in the play is the collision of a strong feeling of love with unfavorable circumstances. The comic effect is achieved by depicting various obstacles that arise in the way of love of the main characters, but these obstacles are illusory.
From the exhibition, we learn about the situation in which events will unfold: Viola lost her brother during a sea voyage, Olivia lives in mourning as a recluse, grieving for her father and brother; the duke cares for her, but does not try to meet her.
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