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    The Complete Winter’S Tale: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play
    The Complete Winter’S Tale: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play
    The Complete Winter’S Tale: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play
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    The Complete Winter’S Tale: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play

    By Donald Richardson

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    Blind rage underlies Leontes jealousy in The Winters Tale. Although his jealously is akin to Othellos, it is not carried out to the same extent, thanks to the oracles pronouncement. While Leontess change of heart strains credibility, he does redeem himself and, in the process, changes the tragedy into a comedy, or at least a play with a happy resolution.

    One might also compare Hermione with Desdemona as both are more sinned against than sinning (Lear, III.2). Despite Leontes reformation, one cannot avoid sympathy for Hermione, she who has been made to pay dearly for her husbands lack of faith and trust. She certainly deserves more.
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    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateDec 12, 2015
    ISBN9781504965866
    The Complete Winter’S Tale: An Annotated Edition of the Shakespeare Play
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    Donald Richardson

    Donald Richardson OAM, a senior practicing artist and retired long-term educator in art, design and art history, has never been satisfied by historic writing in the field. In this book, he summarises and deconstructs key documents and marshals the clamouring desperation of many for redress and restitution. In the process, he proposes innovations for education and practice (in particular relating to perspective rendering and form). More generally, he proposes that the aesthetic be recognised as a sense of universal human relevance and value.

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