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The Winter's Tale William Shakespeare

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The Winter's Tale opens in a Sicilian palace, where Polixenes (the King of Bohemia) is visiting his childhood BFF, Leontes (the King of Sicily). After a nine month visit, Polixenes is ready to head back home to Bohemia, but Leontes's devoted wife, Hermione, convinces Polixenes to stay a little bit longer. (We should point out that Leontes asks his wife to convince Polixenes to stay, and you'll see why this is important in a moment.) As Leontes watches his wife and best bud chat it up, Leontes suddenly becomes wildly jealous and suspects that his very pregnant wife is having a torrid affair with Polixenes - Leontes is certain that Hermione is carrying the man's love child. Leontes quickly arranges to have his old pal poisoned, but when Polixenes catches wind of Leontes's plot to have him off'ed, Polixenes flees with a Sicilian guy named Camillo to his home in Bohemia.Leontes is furious, so he throws his pregnant wife in the slammer, where she gives birth to a daughter (later named Perdita). Paulina, a good friend of Hermione and the only person willing to stand up to the jealous king, takes the newborn to Leontes and attempts to talk some sense into him. But, alas, King Leontes refuses to acknowledge that he is the baby's daddy. To make matters worse, Leontes orders one of his men, Antigonus, to take the little "bastard" for a ride out to the Bohemian "desert," where baby Perdita is left to the harsh elements. (Yeah, we know there's no "desert" in Bohemia but sometimes you just have to go with the flow.) Meanwhile, Leontes puts Hermione on trial for adultery and treason (despite the fact that Apollo's Oracle announces Hermione is totally innocent and warns that the "king shall live without an heir" if Perdita, who is in the process of being disappeared, is not found. During Hermione's trial, a servant enters with news that Prince Mamillius (the precocious young son of Hermione and Leontes) has died because he's been so upset about the way Leontes is treating his mother. When Hermione hears the news, she falls to the ground and, soon after, we're told she is also dead. Leontes realizes what he's done and has a sudden change of heart - he immediately falls to his knees and begs forgiveness from the god Apollo for being such a rotten husband, father, and friend, which is nice to hear but is pretty much a day late and a dollar short. Meanwhile, Antigonus reaches the coast of Bohemia (yeah, we know there's no "coast" in landlocked Bohemia either, but again, we just have to go with it). Antigonus dumps off baby Perdita and...is promptly eaten by a hungry bear! (We're not even kidding.) Luckily, an Old Shepherd happens along and finds baby Perdita, along with a bundle of riches and some documents that detail the kid's royal heritage. (Remember this, because it's important later.) The Old Shepherd and his country bumpkin son (the Clown) decide, what the heck, let's keep the cash and raise the kid as our own. A figure called "Time" appears on stage and announces that sixteen years have passed and the audience should just sit back, relax, and enjoy Big Willie Shakespeare's show. (FYI: Flash-forwards were kind of a big no-no on the English Renaissance stage so, Shakespeare's being kind of innovative and irreverent here. Check out "Setting" if you want to know more about this.) At a Bohemian sheep-shearing festival (a big, spring/summer party that uses sheep haircuts as an excuse for everyone to celebrate the nice weather and for young people to hook up), we learn that Perdita has grown up to be the prettiest girl in Bohemia (which is why she gets to be Queen of the Feast) and is going steady with a gorgeous young prince named Florizel, who just so happens to be the son of King Polixenes. (Yep, that's Leontes's ex-best friend all right. You probably see where this is going.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798725430240
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 162
  • Spine Width: 9 mm
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8725430246
  • Publisher Date: 20 Mar 2021
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 227 gr


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