The Winter's Tale | Hermione (Character Analysis)

Hermione is the queen of Sicilia, Leontes's wife. Leontes asks her to try and convince Polixenes to extend his visit in Sicilia a bit longer, and Hermione does it a little too well. She, at least in Leontes's view, is a little too convincing as the gracious and flattering wife, engaging in an exchange of praises with Polixenes. Like the others around her, Hermione is amazed at Leontes's sudden and unstoppable hatred of her. He imprisons her, takes away her newborn infant, and causes his son to die of grief for his mother. At her trial, Hermione appears to be a beaten and fragile...

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