The Winter's Tale
Statue comes alive
A late play by William Shakespeare, written around 1611, blending tragedy and comedy across two halves separated by sixteen years.
The first half depicts King Leontes's destructive jealousy toward his wife Hermione; the second moves to pastoral Bohemia and eventual reconciliation.
The play is known for its dramatic tonal shift, the famous stage direction "Exit, pursued by a bear," and a final scene of apparent resurrection.
Classified among Shakespeare's romances alongside *The Tempest* and *Pericles*.
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- HermioneWoman's name from antiquity
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
- royal courtMonarch's official household
- statueThree-dimensional sculpted likeness
Bohemia · Sicilia · pastoral · redemption · reconciliation · tragedy · comedy · romance · bear · storm · oracle · frost · exile · lost child · resurrection · sixteen · years · time gap