Sri Aurobindo on Shakespeare

In this essay, Sri Aurobindo's criticism of Shakespeare has been considered, using mainly his The Future Poetry as the primary source. The present essay endeavours to foreground the effort on the part of Sri Aurobindo, patriot turned prophet, to ‘Indianise' Shakespeare in a special way. By delving into the psychology of burgeoning nationalism and spiritual revivalism in general and Sri Aurobindo's conversion to mysticism and his philosophy of integral yoga and life divine in particular the ideological implications of such a critical effort to ‘Indianise' Shakespeare has been sought to be investigated.