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| Character | Leontes | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Male | |
| Age Range(s) | Adult (36-50), Senior (>50) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Angry, Depressed, Lamenting, Frustrated, Apologetic | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Period | Renaissance | |
| Genre | Romance, Drama, Comedy | |
| Description | Leontes suspects his wife is cheating on him | |
| Location | ACT III, Scene 2 | |
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. He also sends two lords to the Oracle of Delphi to get confirmation that his suspicions are true. She is later brought in front of a formal court in order to give her a trial. She is charged with infidelity and is accused of having helped Polixenes and Camillo escape. Hermione defends herself but the king doesn't listen to her words and sentences her to death. The two lords come back with news from the Oracle. The Oracle says that Hermione is innocent and that his son will die soon. At first Leontes doesn't believe the Oracle but when they bring news that his son just died he accepts it and curses himself.
In this monologue he curses his actions, asks Apollo for forgiveness and vows to make peace with all the people that he accused.
In this monologue he curses his actions, asks Apollo for forgiveness and vows to make peace with all the people that he accused.
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| LEONTES Take her hence: Her heart is but o'ercharged; she will recover: I have too much believed mine own suspicion: Beseech you, tenderly apply to her Some remedies for life. [Exeunt PAULINA and Ladies, with HERMIONE] Apollo, pardon My great profaneness 'gainst thine oracle! I'll reconcile me to Polixenes, New woo my queen, recall the good Camillo, Whom I proclaim a man of truth, of mercy; For, being transported by my jealousies To bloody thoughts and to revenge, I chose Camillo for the minister to poison My friend Polixenes: which had been done, But that the good mind of Camillo tardied My swift command, though I with death and with Reward did threaten and encourage him, Not doing 't and being done: he, most humane And fill'd with honour, to my kingly guest Unclasp'd my practise, quit his fortunes here, Which you knew great, and to the hazard Of all encertainties himself commended, No richer than his honour: how he glisters Thorough my rust! and how his pity Does my deeds make the blacker! |
