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The Complete Winter’S Tale: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play
The Complete Winter’S Tale: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play
The Complete Winter’S Tale: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play
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Blind rage underlies Leontes jealousy in The Winters Tale. Although his jealously is akin to Othellos, it is not carried out to the same extent, thanks to the oracles pronouncement. While Leontess change of heart strains credibility, he does redeem himself and, in the process, changes the tragedy into a comedy, or at least a play with a happy resolution.

One might also compare Hermione with Desdemona as both are more sinned against than sinning (Lear, III.2). Despite Leontes reformation, one cannot avoid sympathy for Hermione, she who has been made to pay dearly for her husbands lack of faith and trust. She certainly deserves more.
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Release dateDec 12, 2015
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The Complete Winter’S Tale: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play
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Donald Richardson

Donald Richardson OAM, a senior practicing artist and retired long-term educator in art, design and art history, has never been satisfied by historic writing in the field. In this book, he summarises and deconstructs key documents and marshals the clamouring desperation of many for redress and restitution. In the process, he proposes innovations for education and practice (in particular relating to perspective rendering and form). More generally, he proposes that the aesthetic be recognised as a sense of universal human relevance and value.

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    Contents

    ACT I

    ACT II

    ACT III

    ACT IV

    ACT V

    Works Cited

    Other Books by Donald J. Richardson

    Dust in the Wind, 2001

    Rails to Light, 2005

    Song of Fools, 2006

    Words of Truth, 2007

    The Meditation of My Heart, 2008

    The Days of Darkness, 2009

    The Dying of the Light, 2010

    Between the Darkness and the Light, 2011

    The Days of Thy Youth, 2012

    Those Who Sit in Darkness¸ 2013

    Just a Song at Twilight, 2014

    Covered with Darkness, 2015

    The Complete Hamlet, 2012

    The Complete Macbeth, 2013

    The Complete Romeo and Juliet, 2013

    The Complete King Lear, 2013

    The Complete Julius Caesar, 2013

    The Complete Merchant of Venice, 2013

    The Complete Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2013

    The Complete Much Ado About Nothing, 2013

    The Complete Twelfth Night, 2014

    The Complete Taming of the Shrew, 2014

    The Complete Tempest, 2014

    The Complete Othello, 2014

    The Complete Henry IV, Part One, 2014

    The Complete Antony and Cleopatra, 2014

    The Complete Comedy of Errors, 2014

    The Complete Henry IV, Part Two, 2014

    The Complete Henry V, 2014

    The Tragedy of Richard the Third, 2015

    The Complete Two Gentlemen of Verona, 2015

    The Complete Richard the Second, 2015

    Covered with Darkness, 2015

    The Complete Coriolanus, 2015

    The Complete As You Like It, 2015

    The Complete All’s Well That Ends Well, 2015

    The Complete Love’s Labors Lost, 2015

    The Complete Measure for Measure, 2015

    About the Book

    Blind rage underlies Leontes’ jealousy in The Winter’s Tale. Although his jealously is akin to Othello’s, it is not carried out to the same extent, thanks to the oracle’s pronouncement. While Leontes’ change of heart strains credibility, he does redeem himself and, in the process, changes the tragedy into a comedy, or at least a play with a happy resolution.

    One might also compare Hermione with Desdemona as both are more sinned against than sinning (Lear, III.2). Despite Leontes’ reformation, one cannot avoid sympathy for Hermione, she who has been made to pay dearly for her husband’s lack of faith and trust. She certainly deserves more.

    About the Author

    Donald J. Richardson is still trying to teach English Composition at Phoenix College.

    THE WINTER’S TALE

    ACT I

    SCENE I. Antechamber in LEONTES’ palace.

    Enter CAMILLO and ARCHIDAMUS

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