Mercy is stronger than revenge. Time and Eternity in the Shakespeare Theater

William Shakespeare theater as the creation of a medieval artist performed not only a game function, but also educational and therapeutic. He sought to convey eternal and topical meanings to his audience, explaining one another. The book proposed to the attention of readers is devoted to the study of the drama and the Shakespeare theater as an enduring artistic phenomenon and, at the same time, as an influential means of communication of the historical era - a complex period of transition from the European Middle Ages to a new time. The book includes studies considering Shakespeare"s most significant works in the context of ideas and images that formed the cultural code of the era. They have a source in the Holy Scriptures (the Bible remained the first and main text), the works of the Greco-Roman authors, Dante, Pico, Machiavelli, Mostrena, in chronicles, travelers, treatises of religious publicists, works of comrades in the theater workshop (T. Kida , K. Marlo, B. Johnson and others) Particular attention is paid to the analysis of the biblical imagery and evolution of the theme of mercy in Shakespeare"s plays.
The book is addressed to specialists in the history of European literature and culture, as well as a wide circle of readers interested in this problem