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The Winter's Tale: Tragedy in Acts 1-3.
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... THE WINTER'S TALE: Tragedy in Acts 1-3 THE WINTER'S TALE: Tragedy in Acts 1-3 Gregory Geismar Throughout Acts 1-3 in 'The Winter's Tale' Shakespeare uses language and style, which enables the reader to appreciate the imagery, which is being created. Part of this imagery is the idea of tragedy, which features very prominently in, Acts one through to three. In Act 1 the reader is very much familiarising one's self with the characters and their personalities. However even at this early point in the play the main themes are developing quite quickly. In Act 1 scene 2 Leontes is becoming jealous of the relationship between Hermione and Polixenes, suspecting their every action: 'Art thou my boy?' Here Leontes is even questioning whether Mamilius is his own son, this is already showing signs that Leontes mere thoughts of a relationship between his wife and best friend involve question marks of whether Mamilius really is his
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