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Spiritual Journeys In The Winter’s Tale
Throughout the semester we’ve been discussing the importance of spiritual growth to the development of characters in Cervantes’ novellas and Shakespeare’s plays. The concept of a spiritual journey is certainly not unique. Many authors have employed the idea that characters do need to change and grow in order to hold the attention of the audience. In stories like “The Jealous Hidalgo” and “The Liberal Lover,” Cervantes shows how some characters absolutely need to change the way they think and act before they can consider themselves worthy of the women they love. Shakespeare follows this pattern of spiritual growth and restoration in The Winter’s Tale. This play is somewhat unique in that nearly all of the principle characters have to improve themselves in some way, whether it is learning humility or learning to trust true vision. In The Winter’s Tale, Shakespeare displays the destructive power of jealousy and the incredible potential for redemption that all humans possess through the spiritual journeys of his characters. As the play opens, all seems right with the world. Leontes is teasing his friend Polixenes, trying to convince him to extend his visit by just a few more days. Polixenes, who has been away from his throne for nine months, feels that it is time he returned to his own country and attended to his responsibilities. When Leontes can’t convince Polixenes to change his mind, Leontes asks his wife, Hermione, to try persuading him as well. Hermione is possessed of great wit and intelligence, and she uses that to her advantage when she invites Polixenes to remain in Sicily for a while longer. She teases Polixenes and says he would “Force me to keep you as a prisoner, not like a guest…How say you (I.ii.52-54)?” Essentially she says she’ll have to lock up Polyxenes in order to keep him as a guest like she and her husband want to do. Leontes sees Hermione and Polixenes having this intimate conversatio... Please login to view comments from other users.
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