Aureng-Zebe was John Dryden's last rhymed play and it is
frequently considered his best. In this tragedy, produced in 1675,
published in 1676, the plot is loosely based on a contemporary
account of the struggle between the four sons of Shah Jahan, the
fifth Mogul emperor, for the succession to the throne. The hero is
a figure of exemplary rationality, virtue, and patience whose
stepmother lusts after him and whose father pursues the woman with
whom Aureng-Zebe is himself in love. Dryden evinces a deeply
disturbing awareness of the anarchy and impotence which threaten
every aspect of human life, emotional, moral, and political.
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