Thanks to Renaissance dramatists, English
drama changed dramatically. The main protagonists of this turning point were
Christopher Marlow and William Shakespeare. Through their works they sounded
the deepest aspects of human soul and exalted the glorious moments of English
history, criticising its most dreadful episodes as well.
Characters like Marlowe’s Faustus enhance
the power of knowledge that enables human beings to act free from God’s
influence and be aware of their own intellectual capabilities and human
miseries.
As many past and contemporary critics wrote
in their essays – e.g. F. Hegel and Harold Bloom – William Shakespeare can be
considered incomparable and unequalled because his plays range over almost all
aspects of human life. For the first time in English drama the characters of
Shakespeare plays in addition to acting, are also able to analyse their
behaviour from an alienated perspective as if they were the spectators of their
own life.
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