He announces that he has sent couriers to the shrine of Apollo to obtain the god’s advice about what action he should take. Act 2, scene 1 Leontes learns of the departure of Polixenes and Camillo and has Hermione arrested for adultery and treason.Camillo informs Polixenes of the murder threat and the two plan a hasty departure for Bohemia. Leontes forces Camillo to promise to murder Polixenes. Act 1, scene 2 Leontes suddenly grows insanely jealous of the friendship between his queen, Hermione, and his visiting friend Polixenes.Both noblemen agree that Mamillius, Sicilia’s prince, shows promise of greatness. Camillo explains about the long friendship between the kings of the two countries. Act 1, scene 1 Archidamus, a Bohemian courtier, exclaims about the magnificent hospitality he has found in Sicilia.Perdita’s identity as a princess is revealed, allowing her and Florizell to marry Leontes and Polixenes reconcile and Hermione returns in the form of a statue, steps down from its pedestal, and reunites with her family. When Polixenes forbids the unequal match, the couple flees to Sicilia, where the tale reaches its conclusion.
Polixenes’s son, Florizell, loves Perdita. In Bohemia, a shepherd finds and adopts the baby girl, Perdita.Sixteen years later, the story resumes. Word arrives that Hermione, too, has died. The death of the couple’s young son, Mamillius, brings Leontes to his senses, too late. Leontes calls for Polixenes to be killed, but he escapes.Hermione, under arrest, gives birth to a daughter Leontes orders the baby to be taken overseas and abandoned. Suddenly, Leontes becomes unreasonably jealous of Polixenes and Leontes’s pregnant wife, Hermione. In the first part of the play, Leontes, king of Sicilia, plays host to his friend Polixenes, king of Bohemia. Entire Play The “tale” of The Winter’s Tale unfolds in scenes set sixteen years apart.
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