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The Winter's Tale

The Winter's Tale

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ISBN10: 1986565009
ISBN13: 9781986565004
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Mar 20 2018
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.41 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
The Winter's Tale, one of Shakespeare's very late plays, is filled with improbabilities. Before the conclusion, one character comments that what we are about to see, Were it but told you, should be hooted at / Like an old tale. It includes murderous passions, man-eating bears, princes and princesses in disguise, death by drowning and by grief, oracles, betrayal, and unexpected joy. Yet the play, which draws much of its power from Greek myth, is grounded in the everyday.A winter's tale is one told or read on a long winter's night. Paradoxically, this winter's tale is ideally seen rather than read-though the imagination can transform words into vivid action. Its shift from tragedy to comedy, disguises, and startling exits and transformations seem addressed to theater audiences.

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