The Winter's Tale - Imagery of Childhood and Innocence
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- Childhood and Innocence – exchanges Mamillius has with his mother, the ladies in waiting and even Leontes showcase his earnest outlook, sweetness and purity of emotion.
- His beginning of his ‘sad tale’, his refusal to be kissed and treated ‘as if I were a baby still’ (II.1.5-6) and even his assertion that he will fight all highlight his essential innocence.
- His potential as a ‘gentleman’ and as a symbol of hope for the future is emphasised by the courtiers’ discussion of him. Polixenes talks about his and Leontes’ childhoods…
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