1. Women in The Winter's Tale
He loves his child, Florizel. ... In retrospect, in ActI, when Polixenes is asked about his relation with his child by Leontes, he answers: If at home, sir, He's all my exercise, my mirth, my matter, Now my sworn friend and then mine enemy; My parasite, my soldier, statesman, all: He makes a July's day short as December, And with his varying childness cures in me Thoughts that would thick my blood. ... Only the "varying childness" can cure in him. ... His child devotes all himself to loving Perdita instead of him. ... He expels Perdita from his male society and tries to sei...
- Word Count: 2824
- Approx Pages: 11
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School