NATIONAL VALUES IN SULEYMAN SANI AXUNDOV'S PLAY "LOVE AND VENGEANCE"

Suleyman Sani Rzagulu bey oglu Axundov was born on October 3, 1875 in the city of Shusha into a bey family. Having lost his father in childhood, he grew up under the care of his uncle Safarali bey Velibeyov.[3] After studying at the Gori Teachers' Seminary in 1885–1894, Suleyman Sani Axundov was appointed a teacher at the Russian-Tatar school of the III degree.[3] He was engaged in pedagogical activity until the end of his life, was known as a writer and journalist. The first creative work of Uleyman Sani Akhundov was the comedy "Tamahkar". He wrote this work in 1899 under the influence of Mirza Fatali Akhundov's work "Haji Gara". The house where S.S. Akhundov lived in Baku (Zargarpalan street 121) S.S. Akhundov in Gori (1888) In this comedy, he opposed a number of negative aspects of the era, including avarice, greed, and female slavery, and created positive characters such as Imran, Gulzar, and Sharaf Khanum, trying to encourage the new generation to truth and selflessness, and to awaken the desire for a beautiful life in readers and viewers. He brought political and social themes to the Azerbaijani theater stage with his comedies "Dibdat bey" and "Turkish unity" written in 1907. He is the author of the plays "Lachin's Nest", "From Darkness to Light", "Shahsanem and Gulpari", "Happiness is in Work", "Molla Nasreddin in Baku", "Love and Revenge", etc. The problem of national values and national mentality is evident in the work of Suleyman Akhundov, a prominent representative of Azerbaijani literature. The writer and playwright brought political and social themes to the Azerbaijani theater stage with his comedies "Dibdat Bey" and "Turkish Unity" written in 1907. He touched on these themes and reflected these problems in his plays "Lachin's Nest", "From Darkness to Light", "Shahsanem and Gulpari", "Happiness is in Work", "Molla Nasreddin in Baku", "Love and Revenge", etc. One of the writer's works that stands out for its ideological content is the play "Love and Revenge" written in 1921. The main theme of this play is the barbaric customs and traditions that brought disaster to people in Azerbaijan before the Bolshevik Revolution, the bloody tragedies committed by landowners and nobles, the attempts of youth to escape these calamities, their free love, and the lives of those who fought against injustice. "Love and Revenge" is a work written with inspiration. Here, the intellectual world and individual characteristics of the characters are depicted with colorful realistic paints, and characters are created that differ from each other in their character, manner, movement and way of thinking.