Abstract

This article reveals the negative effects of the protagonist’s jealousy in one of Shakespeare’s plays entitled “The Winter’s Tale”. The jealousy of the protagonist named Leontes is due to his nut misunderstanding towards his wife named Hermione, and his best friend named Polixenes. His misunderstanding bears his jealousy which drives him to be a temperamental man with uncontrollable emotion. His behavior directs to psychotic behavior, and it brings about his own deep regret in his life. He loses his wife, daughter, best friend and his henchman. Even he loses his son forever as his son passed away due to lack of getting care from his mother who is put into the jail by him. However, eventually he realizes his faults and regains his happiness. He reunites with his wife, daughter, best friend and his henchman.

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