The Winters Tale Quotes

'Makes old hearts fresh' - Camillo talking about Mamillius who is next in line to be king.

'Makes old hearts fresh' - Camillo talking about Mamillius who is next in line to be king.

'Either malice or matter to alter it' - Archidamus

'Time as long again' - Polixenes. Remember time is an important theme throuhout the Winters Tale.

'There is no tongue that moves, none, none i' th' world, so soon as yous, could win me' - Polixenes admitting that he will not do anything unless it is Leontes that have asked him.

'but your kind hostess' - Hermoine, flirtacious. Hints that she is having an affair. Is she using her charm to make him stay for her husband or so they can have an affair?

'twinned lambs' - Polixenes. Can mean that the kings were young and innocent when they were friend. This could linked to Blood Brothers as the children are also described this way.

'is he won yet?' - Leontes. Clearly not listenong to the conversation his wife, Hermonie, is having with his best friend, Polixenes.

'What! Have I twice said well?' - Hermione doesn't remember that she had married or agreed to marry Leonts, which is a good thing she has done.

'nine changes of the watery star' - although Polixenes only talks about the length of time he's neem their, however it can suggest the pregnancy that Hermione is going through at that moment in time.

'my prisoner, or my guest' - give Polixenes an ultimatum which makes im stay, even though he had previously said he wouldn't do anything unless Leontes had aasked him. 

'three crabed months' - Crabed means death or disease which is a part of nature, which is a massive theme. Hermonie made Leontes wait 3 months before agreeing to marry him.

Gives hand to Polixenes - doesn't go to Leontes and joke about the fact she forogt to agree to marry him.

'too hot, too hot' - Leontes, does it show him going crazy?

'tremor cordis' - Leontes, nature. Can show jealousy

'paddling palms and pinching fingers' - Leontes, plosive sounds which means you can hear disgust.

'good my lord, be cured of this disesed opinion' - Camillo, a reference to disease and unhealth

'there is a sickness which puts some of us in distemper' - Camillo - Adultry being treated as though it is an illness. Natural charateristics. This is the way tragedy is expected to be.

'be yoked with his that did betray the best' - Polixenes - christianity. - Ref, Camillo to Jesus how his worth to him. Hint of Judus betraying Jesus.

'I am not prone to weeping, as our sex Commonly are' - Hermione. Shakespear is breaking susual convention ut by using 'out sex commonly are' he agrees.

'Call the queen again' - A lord, undermines Leontes.

'I charged thee that she should not come about me. I knew she would.' - Leontes, mysogynystic which means he's prejudiced against woment. Shakespeare coversself, against feminism. He could lose his job writing about outspoken women.

'thou met'st with things dying, I with things new-born' - Shepherd - circle of life, shows the circle of tragedy to comedy. Shakespeare didn't intend to write a tragedy.

'an integral part of the whole and shares in the actions' - Aristotle - controls time.

'poor soul' - Clown. Uses it twice, when he finds Antigonus being eaten by the bear and when he sees the robber unjured. It's used in too different scenes, used for comedy.

'poor soul' - Clown. Uses it twice, when he finds Antigonus being eaten by the bear and when he sees the robber unjured. It's used in too different scenes, used for comedy.

'poor soul' - Clown. Uses it twice, when he finds Antigonus being eaten by the bear and when he sees the robber unjured. It's used in too different scenes, used for comedy.

'poor soul' - Clown. Uses it twice, when he finds Antigonus being eaten by the bear and when he sees the robber unjured. It's used in too different scenes, used for comedy.