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The Winter's Tale
By William Shakespeare - Stage play
Roles
- Hermione - Young Adult (20-35), Adult (36-50), Female
About this piece
Hermione laments that she is arrested
Summary
Leontes is the king of Sicily. His childhood friend King Polixenes is visiting him from Bohemia. Polixenes is about to go back home and Leontes begs him to stay. Polixenes doesn't change his mind until Hermione, Leonte's wife, persuades him otherwise. Leontes is convinced that his wife is cheating on him with Polixenes and asks his servant Camillo to poison Polixenes. Camillo, however, warns Polixenes and they both flee Sicily. The king considers his escape a proof of his wife's infidelity and orders to arrest her. Hermione delivers this monologue right before she is brought away to prison. She laments that she is innocent and that the king will eventually have to apologize to her.
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