The Winter's Tale:Aging and Manliness's Continuation
Shakespeare's romance The Winter's Tale does not focus exclusively on male jealousy and fe-male power,but has a deeper exploration of manliness.This viewpoint can be obtained by comparing it with Robert Green's Pandosto,The Triumph of Time,which is the main source of The Winter's Tale.Shakespeare borrowed from Green's work in its structural framework,but changed it extensively in its details.On the one hand,Shakespeare changed the passive dullness of Green's Bellaria to the active Hermione,focusing on highlighting the tension of gender power between women and men,so as to show the lack of manliness.On the other hand,Shakespeare rejected the self-assertion of Leontes and Polixenes that they maintained their man-liness through the pursuit of childhood memories and games.Ultimately,Shakespeare hoped to prolong manli-ness as much as possible through the improvement of personal character.
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