ECHOES OF SAINT VLADIMIR IN SHAKESPEARE’S TEMPEST AND MACBETH
ECHOES OF SAINT VLADIMIR IN SHAKESPEARE’S TEMPEST AND MACBETH

Summary/Abstract: The Renaissance, besides reviving and adapting classical texts, also saw the revival and adaptation of many classic and medieval legends. One such legend which may have attracted the attention of William Shakespeare is ―The Legend of Saint Vladimir of Dioclea.‖ As 2016 marks the millennium anniversary of the martyrdom of the patron saint of Montenegro, Saint Vladimir, and simultaneously the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, this paper wishes to suggest the possibility that ―The Legend‖ may be the elusive source for the main plot of The Tempest, and the source for the ghost of Banquo in Macbeth. This paper has the space to focus on only one aspect of the many parallels between ―The Legend‖ and Shakespeare‘s two plays and thus it will concentrate on the revival and rebirth of the character of Vladimir of Dioclea, the patron saint of Montenegro, in the characters of Miranda and Ferdinand from The Tempest and Banquo from Macbeth.

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