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Act IV, Scene IV, of William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale marks a shift away from the Sicilian, courtly world that dominates the previous three acts and much of Act IV. The chaos and disorder resulting from court happenings, Hermione's apparent death, Perdita's abandonment, Polixenes' betrayal by Leontes, and Camillo's exodus from Sicilia, for…

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