TWO CONFLICTING ETHICAL CODES IN SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA

Authors

  • Anush SEDRAKYAN Yerevan State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46991/FLHE/2016.20.3.164

Keywords:

the Renaissance, Elizabethan drama, revenge, tragedy, Pagan, Christian, Northern Saga, ethical code, moral code, secular approach, Reformation

Abstract

This paper mainly pinpoints the peculiarities of Elizabethan secular drama. Drama as a genre in that period fluctuates between Reformation and Catholicism. That determines the special morality and ethical code. This code includes the selection of Pagan or Christian hero based on the priority of the objective, which is reached by comparing two heroes – Shylock and Hamlet.

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Published

2016-11-17

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 3 (21) (2016)

Section

Literary Criticism

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