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Friendship and Trust-- Leontes and Polixenes, friends from childhood, are having a protracted visit for the first time in years. After nine months Polixenes longs for his family and home and decided to leave. Leontes beseeches him to stay, but to no avail. Leontes asks his wife, Hermione, to ask Polixenes to stay. Upon being asked by Hermione he relents immediately. This sudden turn of events leads Leontes to question if his best friend and wife are having an affair. We were as twinned lambs that did frisk i' the sun, And bleat the one at the other: what we changed Was innocence for innocence; we knew not The doctrine of ill-doing, nor dreamed That any did.

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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and one of the most influential figures in world literature. Born in Stratford-upon-Avon, he became a leading member of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men, one of the most prominent theatrical companies of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.Shakespeare wrote a remarkable series of tragedies, comedies, histories, and romances that transformed the English stage. His works-including Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, and Romeo and Juliet-continue to be performed and studied throughout the world.The Winter's Tale, written during the later period of his career, belongs to the group of plays often referred to as the ""late romances,"" works that combine elements of tragedy, wonder, and reconciliation.

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