How do parents regard their children or their own childhood in this play, and how does that explain their behavior or sense of self in the present?
Prompt: The Winter’s Tale was one of the last plays that Shakespeare wrote, and he seems to be thinking about youth, or the parent-child relationship, in a novel way perhaps based his own enwisened perspective. How do parents regard their children or their own childhood in this play, and how does that explain their behavior or sense of self in the present? You might think about Leontes speaking of children as “copies” of their fathers,or Polixenes’s association of youth with Christian innocence, or Hermione’s efforts as a mother,or the shepherd’s dual role as biological and adoptive parent
Guidelines: Follow standard MLA formatting(1-inch margins;12-pointTimes New Roman font;double-spaced;no space between paragraphs, in-text parenthetical citations of the act.scene.line numbers or of the hour:minute:second). Although there is no required page length/word count, I anticipate a satisfying argument in response to one of these prompts would run 2000-2300 words (6-7 pages). Focus on analyzing lines of speech and dialogue first and foremost (and analyzing plot points secondarily). The most interesting arguments develop from a careful consideration of Shakespeare’s word choice.You may speculate on how modern and/or Renaissance audiences would react to the play as part of your argument, but keep your argument grounded in the text!
Note: The key focus is analyzing what Shakespeare is saying in the text and discuss word choice and further in depth meaning of what he is saying.
Answer preview How do parents regard their children or their own childhood in this play, and how does that explain their behavior or sense of self in the present?
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