The Winter’s Tale (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William Shakespeare
- First Published: 1623
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Tragicomedy
- Time of Work: The legendary past
- Setting: Sicilia and Bohemia
- Principal Characters: Leontes, Hermione, Polixenes, Camillo, Perdita, Florizel, Paulina, Autolycus
- Genres: Drama, Tragicomedy
- Subjects: Prisons, Love or romance, Mistaken or secret identity, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Kings, queens, or royalty, Shipwrecks, Poisons or poisoning, Czechoslovakia or Czechoslovakians
- Locales: Bohemia, Sicilia
The Story:
Polixenes, the king of Bohemia, was the guest of Leontes, the king of Sicilia. The two men had been friends since boyhood, and there was much celebrating and joyousness during the visit. At last Polixenes decided that he must return to his home country. Leontes urged him to extend his visit, but Polixenes refused, saying that he had not seen his young son for a long time. Then Leontes asked Hermione, his wife, to try to persuade Polixenes to remain. When Polixenes finally yielded to her pleas, Leontes became suspicious and concluded that Hermione and Polixenes must...
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