THE LIFE AND LITERARY LEGACY OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

Abstract

Abstract. William Shakespeare occupies a unique place in the history of world literature. He is not only the most celebrated dramatist of the English Renaissance, but also one of the few writers whose works have become part of the cultural memory of many nations. His plays and poems have crossed the boundaries of language, geography and time because they speak about the deepest questions of human life: love and hatred, ambition and guilt, loyalty and betrayal, power and justice, youth and age, appearance and reality. For this reason, Shakespeare is studied not only as an English writer, but as a universal artist whose works continue to influence theatre, literature, education and modern culture.