Abstract

The present paper explores the tragic vision reflected in the poet’s relationship with the fair young man in the Fair Youth group in Shakespeare’s Sonnets . It investigates into the cult of friendship in the Renaissance, and further analyzes Shakespeare’s attitude towards the true friendship. On the basis of the poet’s artistic criteria and his purpose of living, it also examines the causes of the poet’s change in his attitudes, namely, from confidence to melancholy, if not despair.

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