Ewaluacja ustrojów i wizja monarchii w twórczości Williama Shakespeare’a

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Abstract:
The political ideas expressed in Shakespeare’s dramaturgy are rooted in the tradition of
classical political philosophy, for which the goal is the common good and the search for
virtue, and in particular in the native (English) political thought of the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance, while opposed to modern currents – Machiavellianism, rationalism and utopian
currents. Shakespeare is critical of the “rule of the people”, which he denies political virtue,
while he appreciates aristocracy, but paternalistic and faithful to the sovereign. He does not
question the legitimacy of the republican system where it is a “long-standing” order, but
combines his political ideal with a national, legitimistic, law-abiding and Christian monarchy.