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Ep 526 - The Winter's Tale, by William Shakespeare

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Those Aren't Romance Novels.

Shakespeare's plays are more like his earlier comedies in that they generally have pretty happy endings. They're also marked by sort of stylistic departure where, like, lines end in the middle of themselves. The rhythm of the languages is kind of weird and experimental. In this particular play, there's something i notice that's similar to the tempest - especially when a character goes on ik a soliloquy or a monologue.

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