𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐢 : W. Sʜᴀᴋᴇsᴘᴇᴀʀᴇ﹣ᴀ’ɴ ɴɢᴇ Jᴏʜɴ Mɪʟᴛᴏɴ﹣ᴀ’ɴ ᴛʜᴀᴡʜ ʜʟᴀᴡᴋ ᴢᴀᴡᴋ ﹖

 

 

            Literature huang bika inhnialna ngaihnawm ka tih ber zinga mi chu, he kan thupui hi a ni. He khawvela mihring awm tawh zinga thu thiam ber leh lemchan ziaktu ropui bera chhal ngam chu W. Shakespeare-a hi a ni ngei a. Chutih reng laiin John Milton-a tluka hla hril phuahtu ropui an awm bik chuang lo tih thu hi a hlui thei bik chuang lo.

             A dam chhûng zawng khan Shakespeare-a hian thumal 17,677 hmang angin an chhutsak a. Chung zinga thumal 1700 zet chu ama irâwm chhuak liau liau a ni. Tin, thumal 2200 zette chu Shakespeare-a hun hma zawnga tu mahin an la hman ngai loh an ni bawk. John Milton-a kutchhuak; Paradise Lost, Lycidas leh Samson Agonists-te pawh kutchhuak chungchuanga (Masterpiece) ngaih an la ni ta reng a nih hi.

             Milton-a khan hla chei mawina (Literary Device) hming thar mai piahah, tehkhin thu (Metaphor) huangah Epic Simile an tih maite kha a rawn duang chhuak a. Shakespeare-a thu thiam êm êmna pakhat chu; Noun thumal ni reng si Verb-a a chhuah theih te, Verb thumal ni si Adjective anga a hmang thiam tlatte kha a ni.

             Richard – II  Within my mouth you have enjailed my tongue, Doubly portcullised with my teeth and lips…tih hi Within my mouth you've put my tongue in jail…tiin entirna pakhat tarlang ta ila, kan hre thiam mai awm e. Heng ang hi entirna hi tam tak tarlan tur, Shakespeare-a thu leh hlaah hian hmuh tur a awm reng a ni.

             Hla hril (Poetry) huang bikah Shakespeare-a khan thil pahnih, ţawngkauchheh hmanga a tak rama mi hruai theihna leh, chhûngrila phûrna, thathona, pawn lam lan dana lanchhuahtir theih nghal maina, hun nena an inlaichinna thar diai leh chiangkuang taka mitthla zui theih tura thu chheh dan a rawn duang chhuak a.

 Ka hmangaih chuan thu dik hmanga duan ka ni,

Tiin a thu sawi awih reng mah ila,

Dawt a sawi ţhin tih ka hai si lo a!

 (Free Verse – Lambi kima ka lehlin dah ta lo mai ila)

             Sonnet 88 hi kan en chuan, hriat thiam awlsam thei ang berin, a chhûngril nun mawi takin a rawn chhep chhuak thei mai a ni. Zoţawnga kan sawi ang ngawt kha a ni lo a. Rhyme, Stress hun dik tak leh metre nen thlap siin, mawlmang thei ang berin thu a chhep thiam tih sawi ka tumna niin, thil awlai a va ni ţhin lo êm!

             Milton-a khan Shakespeare-a hnung rawn zuiin, hla hril leh lemchan a rawn tiphuisui ta sawt a. Chuvangin English Literature huanga mi bik kan ţhut tlartir dawn a nih ngai chuan, tu ma sawisel phak rual lohin Shakespeare-a ding lam emaw, vei lamah emaw Milton-a hi a ţhu pha ve ngei tur a ni.

             Milton-a hian Oxford English Dictionary-ah sap ţawngah hian thumal thar leh a hlui chei danglam thar 630 zet a thawhin, Neologist ropui bera chhal a ni a. Ben Jonson-a hian thumal 558 thawhin, John Donne-a’n thumal 342 leh Shakespeare-a’n thumal 229 a thawh bawk. Heng aţang ringawt pawh hian Shakespeare-a hnungdawltu ropui tu nge tia kan chhal dawn chuan, chhanna harsa tak ngaihtuah chiam a ngai hauh lo.

             Milton-a hi sap ţawng tihausatu, kum zabi 17-na huna Literature huanga mi lian berte zinga ngaih a ni hi thilmak a ni lo reng a ni. Debate anga ka han sawi pawh hi, a nihna takah chuan Shakespeare-a ropuizia leh, a hnu lama Poet ropui zingah tu nge a hnungdawl zo ber zinga chhiar tur ni ang, tih thu sawihona a ni mah zawk e.