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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S INFLUENCE ON CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE

Sonia Saini, Dr. Naresh Kumar
Page No. : 348-371

ABSTRACT

William Shakespeare is a towering figure in international literature and playwriting. All through the 14th century, countries have been intrigued by the legacy of William Shakespeare, a renowned personality in English literature as well as dramatic art. There is also no language on the planet which has not been rendered into Shakespeare’s works, and no theatre that has not been performed. As Ben Johnson, a novelist and dramatist, prophesied, "Shakespeare’s legacy would stay relevant and significant for both his time as well as future." It is well-known that from antiquity, it has been customary and habitual to split the globe into East in terms of trust, history, and values. According to this contrast, the East fosters trust, whereas the West fosters a knowledge of the world. Indeed, the ideals that currently rule the hearts of people across the world originated in the East and subsequently expanded throughout the world. " Buddhism, Brahmanism, and Confucianism" all began in the Far East, where the great majority of people still live. Shakespeare is equally well enough and beloved in Uzbekistan, with his works firmly ingrained in the minds of writers and spectators. To be really candid, it’s difficult to see Uzbek theatre and dramatic art absent Shakespeare’s legacy. Our great poet Cholpon adapted "the famous Hamlet tragedy of the literary pen into Uzbek for the first time in 1934. S. Johnson, S. Colridge, A. Bradley, John Dover Wilson", and a host of other authors, artists, and scholars are among those who brought Shakespeare to the globe. Shakespeare studies continue now in a variety of languages and areas. Russian specialists have made a significant contribution to the understanding of Shakespeare’s works in Russia and the former Soviet countries through this effort. " Hamlet, Othello, Lear, Macbeth, Brut, Coriolan, Antony, and Timon" are terrible heroes from different times, and their tragedy reflects the sorrow of mankind at the moment. In tragic tragedies, "why is man sad, and what prevents him from being happy?" This is the issue. To adequately address these concerns, the artist analyses life in a variety of ways. Shakespeare’s tragedies explore different facets of companionship between people, as well as between citizens and the government, foreign relations, and life in general. The breadth of a playwright’s life experience is astounding as we see or read his plays on stage, because Renaissance England comes to life before our eyes. There is seldom a field in which the dramatist is unfamiliar or does not adequately reflect in his works: it is no coincidence that he is an attorney, a geologist, a thinker, and a naturalist. However, the core of Shakespeare’s dramas is not only a depiction of the times. The writer discusses his experiences with the most complicated dialect of the human soul and the sorrow of existence. His paintings do not depict inert characters overwhelmed by external forces, and even the drama lacks a mechanical "environment."


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