7.12.2005
Winter's Tale
by William Shakespeare
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Overall Grade: C
Well, I don't really see how this story was all that original or all that tragic. Basically two kings grew up as boyhood friends, and then later in life when one is visiting the other, the host goes nuts and thinks that his wife is committing adultery with his friend. Which would imply that his beloved son is not really his son at all. And neither is the daughter which is just born. The son kills himself, the wife dies too and the daughter is abandoned in some desolate place, where...surprise, surprise, she is found and raised by shepherds. And not only that, but guess who she falls in love with? The son of the friend of her father. Whoa. Anyway, add the usual Shakespearean dunce characters, and you pretty much know what this play is about.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Overall Grade: C
Well, I don't really see how this story was all that original or all that tragic. Basically two kings grew up as boyhood friends, and then later in life when one is visiting the other, the host goes nuts and thinks that his wife is committing adultery with his friend. Which would imply that his beloved son is not really his son at all. And neither is the daughter which is just born. The son kills himself, the wife dies too and the daughter is abandoned in some desolate place, where...surprise, surprise, she is found and raised by shepherds. And not only that, but guess who she falls in love with? The son of the friend of her father. Whoa. Anyway, add the usual Shakespearean dunce characters, and you pretty much know what this play is about.
Labels: genre: fiction, media: book, media: play
