The Comparative Theme of Revenge, Illicit sex, Betrayal and Friendship in Rayappa Pattar’s Sangya-Balya and William Shakespeare’s Hamlet

The present paper attempts to comparative study of two plays Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Rayappa Pattar’s Sangya-Balya. Sangya-Balya is composed in Kannada language; Prof. Naikar has translated it into English, it was published in 19th Century. Revenge, Illicit sex, Betrayal and Friendship are similar themes in both plays. Hamlet and Virabhadra are wants take revenge on their enemies. Claudius, Gertrude, Sangya and Ganga are standing on immoral path. Hamlet was passive, feels alone and intelligently takes revenge on his uncle and mother, Virabhadra active, emotionally takes revenge on his wife Ganga and Sangya. The paper concludes that natural justice, virtue is rewards and wicked is greatly punishes, both plays end with tragic.