IMAGES OF FATHER AND MOTHER IN W. SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS «ROMEO AND JULIET» AND «KING LEAR»: THE SPECIFICS OF INTERPRETATION
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The article examines the specifics of the interpretation of the images of father and mother in the tragedies of W. Shakespeare «Romeo and Juliet» (1597) and «King Lear» (1604) in cultural-historical, psychological and psychoanalytic contexts, traces the features of the formation and development of these characters, identifies the factors that led to the author’s concept of the categories of fatherhood and motherhood. In the plays of W. Shakespeare, there are many characters of father and mother, as in «Romeo and Juliet» and «King Lear», but the paradox is that none of them is the ideal of a good father / mother. Lord Capulet and King Lear are the decision makers who sacrifice true sense of fatherhood for their own arrogance and pride. This paradox is due to the disharmonious, «crisis» features of the late Renaissance, with its inherent tragic discord between the world and personality.
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