Women in The Tempest and Abhignansakuntalam: A Comparative Study
Keywords:
Nature, Nurture, beauty, Sensitive, Pure, SimilarityAbstract
William Shakespeare belongs to 16th century and the first quarter of 17th century, England whereas Kalidas belongs to 4th century BC India. The language of Shakespeare‘s literary corpus is English whereas Kalidas has written in Sanskrit. Shakespeare has contributed to the world literature nearly 37 plays in addition to his sonnets and other poems. To Kalidas‘ credit, there are only three known plays i.e. Abhignansakuntalam, Malvikagnimitram, and Vikramorvasiyam in addition to his epics and short poems. Despite the fact that both of them belong to different culture and language, time and space, the researchers find a striking similarity in the treatment of themes like love, nature, and portrayal of men and women. The Tempest, which is supposed to be the last play by Shakespeare, shows a striking similarity with Kalidas‘ Abhignansakuntalam particularly in terms of portrayal of the women. Both of the writers have shown their heroines as pure children of nature. So it would be very interesting to see the portrayals in comparative mode.
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