ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Hermione. The virtuous and beautiful Queen of Sicilia. Falsely accused of infidelity by her husband, Leontes, she apparently dies of grief just after being vindicated by the Oracle of Delphi, but is restored to life at the play’s close.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hermione is a queen, a matron, and a mother; she is good and beautiful, and royally descended. A majestic sweetness, a grand and gracious simplicity, an easy, unforced, yet dignified self-possession, are in all her deportment, and in every word she utters.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hermione is Leontes’s wife, and the daughter of the Emperor of Russia. Very much aware of her dignity, she has a son, Mamillius, and is nine months’ pregnant at the start of the play. She is persuasive, able to convince Polixenes to remain an extra week, and easy to enter in conversation with.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Winter’s Tale Summary. The jealous King Leontes falsely accuse his wife Hermione of infidelity with his best friend, and she dies.