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The Winter’s Tale

by William Shakespeare

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1623
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103
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A royal visit begins in courtesy and old affection at Leontes’ palace. He wants Polixenes to remain longer and asks Hermione to help persuade their guest. Her success unsettles him: friendly conversation and small gestures become reasons for suspicion. Their young son Mamillius stands beside the adults as Leontes shifts between tenderness toward the child and anxious thoughts about his marriage.

Later scenes turn toward country life, where a sheep-shearing feast brings a pair of lovers into view. Florizel wears a shepherd’s clothes, while Perdita worries that his royal father will disapprove of their unequal standing. Alongside them, Autolycus plays tricks, sings and plans further cheating at the festivities. Shakespeare’s play moves between formal court speech and comic exchanges, giving readers different views of pride, trust and social rank. Its tense family conversations and lively rural scenes let readers compare how suspicion at court and differences of rank shape affection.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was an English playwright and poet who lived during the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and authored approximately 37 plays and 154 sonnets that explore themes of love, power, ambition, and human nature.

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First published
1623
Reading time
About 110 minutes
Pages
103
Language
English
Genre
Drama
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