Importance of Disguise in the Winter's Tale

In the latter stages of the play we see a significant amount of disguise being used to hide the identity of those who don't want their true appearance to be discovered.

In the play we see Polixenes and Camillo using disguise to go and see the shepherd because he got some news that his son has been seeing a girl associated with the shepherd. Also we see Perdita in disguise unknowningly in that she is of royal descent but she was living with the shepherd.In addition disguise also help in foreshadowing upcoming events that would have happened in the play. t can also be said that disguise helps to prolong the play because if the identiy of florizel was discoverd by his father(Polixenes) the play would have probably ended thhere without him even going back to Sicilia to speak with leontes.

Dramatic significance of Autolycus

In the play,  The Winter'e tale, Shakespeare uses characterisation as a main literary device. In this instances Autolycus is the character brought to light.

Autolycus in the play a pick-pocket or a thief. Shakespeares uses him to take light away from the drama going down in Sicilia with Leontes. Not only is he a thief but he is a storyteller and a magnificant singer, which means he may be very light hearted. In most plays written by shakespeare there is a character who is used to drawn attention from the main character and in the winter's tale autolycus is that person. he may be involved in trickery but he is not a villain. It may be believed that the dramactic  significance of Autolycus mainly was beacuase he was a servant to Florizel who he is very loyal too because when the sheperd was going to show Polixenes Perdita's belongs and the scroll autolyuc blocks it from happening.

Act 1 scene 4

In this scene one see that Clarence is in the tower of London, then the two murderers came in and said that they had killed Clarence in his sleep in spite of his pleas. Clarence knew that he would go to hell for all the bad deeds he had committed, for his brother Edward who was the one who got him imprisoned.

Act 1 scene 3

In this scene we find out that King Edward was ill. Queen Elizabeth, Lord Gary and Lord River are discussing about it. She wanted Richard and his brothers to be peacefully for once that is Queen Elizabeth. So Richard  and Lord Hastings go into Edwards room and saw him.

Richard stays behind to see the two murderers he sent to kill Clarence. he then says "And thus I clothe my naked villainy / With odd old ends, stol'n forth of Holy Writ" that's just saying that he hides behind his Christian behaviour.

Act 1 scene 2

In this scene we see Lady Anne  having a funeral for he late husband King Henry VI after  he was killed by Richard. She then cursed any children that he would have in the future. Richard then enters  and he was immediately cursed off by Anne. He tried to woo her but was cursed on every attempt. he then propose to her and told her to go and live in one of his houses in London.

Act 1 scene 1

In the beginning of this play we see a man by the name Richard had conspire to have his brother King Edward IV executed. At the beginning of the scene we see Shakespeare using soliloquy that is making Richard mutter to himself. Richard was a man who had a deformity which made him sexually unsuccessful with women. He had another brother Clarence. Clarence was imprisoned because there was a rumour that someone with the letter "g" would execute the King. This rumour was started by Richard. He then heard that Edward was sick but he want Clarence executed before Edward would die. He the wanted a woman by the name of Lady Anne who was a widow.