The Winter's Tale - Parallels between Sicilia and Bohemia
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- Created on: 29-05-18 10:38
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- The two places function as flip-sides of the same coin, though not quite as mirrors of their respective rulers.
- Sicily is stately, wealthy and refined, but also cold, artificial and secretive, if not outright deceptive. It is the place of winter, associated with isolation, regret and loss.
- Hermione figuratively turns to stone there; Mamillius’ quiet and sudden death chills the place of life. If Sicily was dignified artifice, Bohemia teems with unruly life.
- The opening scenes of the play acknowledge that…
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