THE REPRESENTATION OF MORAL IDEAL, LOVE, AND TRAGIC MOTIFS IN THE SYSTEM OF CHARACTERS IN ALISHER NAVOI'S FARHOD AND SHIRIN AND WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S HAMLET

This article presents a comparative analysis of the artistic representation of moral ideal, love, and tragic motifs in the system of characters in Alisher Navoi’s Farhod and Shirin and William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The study examines how Eastern and Western literary traditions conceptualize love as a moral, philosophical, and social category. In Navoi’s epic, love is portrayed as a force of spiritual purification and social responsibility, embodied in the images of Farhod, Shirin, Mehinbonu, and Shopur. In Shakespeare’s tragedy, love becomes a site of inner conflict and existential struggle, reflected in the characters of Hamlet, Ophelia, Gertrude, Horatio, and Claudius. Using a comparative-typological, psychological, and aesthetic approach, the article identifies both convergences and divergences in the ethical orientation, narrative function, and tragic outcome of love in the two works. The findings demonstrate that, despite cultural and generic differences, both authors employ love as a key mechanism for revealing moral consciousness and tragic awareness.