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The purpose of this article is the description of language means of expression in the field of concepts opposition "beautiful – ugly" in the English language worldview, and also comparison of the given variability with ratio of these concepts in Russian language worldview. This research was carried out on the material of the text of W. Shakespeare's historical play "Richard III", and also three translations of this text into Russian, created in different historical periods, that allows us to compare the interpretation of this conceptual paradigm in diachronic relation. As a result of the comparative analysis, the main similarities and differences in the English and Russian perception and lexical expression of the concepts included in the structure of this opposition were established.

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