IMAGES OF FATHER AND MOTHER IN W. SHAKESPEARE’S SELECTED PLAYS:DYNAMISM OF DEVELOPMENT AND PECULIARITIES OF INTERPRETATION

Abstract

The article discusses the specifics of the interpretation of the images of father and mother in W. Shakespeare’s
plays “Richard III” (1597), “Coriolanus” (1608) and “The Tempest” (1623), identifies the main features of these images in the dynamics of their dramatic development, traces the features of their formation in the context of M. Mazur’s theory of character. The features of Shakespeare’s interpretation of the categories of paternity/motherhood are analyzed in the cultural-historical and psychological context. In the plays of W. Shakespeare, many different images of father and mother are presented, but the paradox is that none of them, with rare exceptions, is a model of a good parent. This manifests the tragedy of the discord of the human personality of the late Renaissance with oneself and with the world.

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