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Read the following extract from Act I Scene II of the play. How do the ideas and language of these speeches help to create the effect of Leontes’ jealousy?
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The Winter's Tale - William Shakespeare Read the following extract from Act I Scene II of the play. How do the ideas and language of these speeches help to create the effect of Leontes' jealousy? The scene is set in Leontes' palace, Polixenes is ready to leave the country after his nine-month visit, and he thanks Leontes for his hospitality. Leontes wants him to stay a week longer, but Polixenes explains that he must return the very next day in order to take care of affairs of state in Bohemia. Leontes insists that he must stay; "I'll no gainsaying", but Polixenes will not be persuaded. Leontes then tells his wife and queen, Hermione, to talk Polixenes into staying. Speaking with Polixenes out of Leontes' hearing, she soon overcomes Polixenes' objections and he agrees to stay a week longer. Hermione then gets him to talk about his friendship with Leontes when they were...
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