Character Analysis (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Leontes' role in The Winter's Tale
Leontes' role in The Winter's Tale
Tragic central figure
Duration of Leontes' repentance period
Duration of Leontes' repentance period
Sixteen years
Hermione's function in the play
Hermione's function in the play
Moral centre/anchor contrasting Leontes' volatility
How Hermione reappears in Act V
How Hermione reappears in Act V
Statue-like, mysterious and symbolic
What Perdita symbolises
What Perdita symbolises
Spring, flowers, growth, and fertility
Perdita's function linking the play
Perdita's function linking the play
Connects and reconciles Sicilia and Bohemia
How Polixenes mirrors Leontes in Act IV
How Polixenes mirrors Leontes in Act IV
Shows same tyrannical, authoritarian behaviour
Camillo's response when ordered to poison Polixenes
Camillo's response when ordered to poison Polixenes
Refuses, chooses righteousness over obedience
Paulina's role in the final act
Paulina's role in the final act
Orchestrates the statue revelation
Significance of Mamillius' death
Significance of Mamillius' death
Dramatic turning point triggering Leontes' repentance