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  1. What's the symbolism of the flowers in The Winter's Tale?

    In addition, the first flowers Perdita had given are "flowers of winter", whereas now she gives them flowers of (mid)summer, wich, in Perdita's words, are appropriate for "men of middle age". hot …

  2. william shakespeare - Literature Stack Exchange

    Aug 24, 2020 · The first writers to propose, using an argument based partly on Antigonus’ dream, that there was an earlier version of the play in which Hermione did not come back to life, and in which the …

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    In Act IV, Scene IV of The Winter's Tale, Perdita is "mistress o' the feast", playing hostess at the sheep-shearing feast, when King Polixenes and Camillo arrive in disguise.

  4. meaning - In The Winters Tale what does "Nine changes of the Watery ...

    Jun 6, 2020 · I consulted three annotated editions of The Winter's Tale; they confirm the meaning "nine months". Ernest Schanzer's edition (Penguin, 1969) provides the following endnote for the first two …

  5. What is the myth-making school of Shakespeare criticism?

    Aug 2, 2020 · The second part, the last two acts, is the story of Florizel’s love, Perdita’s recognition, and the revival of Hermione. Shakespeare’s main source, Greene’s Pandosto, is almost entirely confined …

  6. In what ways can Shakespeare's Pericles, Prince of Tyre be classified ...

    Dec 2, 2020 · The Winter's Tale: Leontes and Perdita, Leontes and Hermione; to a lesser extent Leontes and Polixenes. The Tempest: After the storm, Alonso and his courtiers land on a different …

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    Jun 1, 2020 · One of the most striking moments in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale is the scene in which Leontes's wife Hermione, whom both he and the audience thought dead, turns out to be alive …