Ms. Crandell AP English Literature Timed Write

In the following section from Shakespeare’s play The Winter’s Tale, Paulina attempts to reason with King Leontes, who has accused his wife of infidelity and now rejects the strong presence of Paulina. Read the section carefully. Then write a well-organized essay in which you analyze how Shakespeare uses elements such as repetition, figurative language, and tone to convey Paulina’s complex attitude toward the situation.

(2.3) PAULINA Good my liege, I come; And, I beseech you, hear me, who profess 65 Myself your loyal servant, your physician, Your most obedient counsellor, yet that dare Less appear so in comforting your evils, Than such as most seem yours: I say, I come From your good queen. 70 LEONTES Good queen! PAULINA Good queen, my lord, Good queen; I say good queen; And would by combat make her good, so were I A man, the worst about you. 75 LEONTES Force her hence. PAULINA Let him that makes but trifles of his eyes First hand me: on mine own accord I'll off; But first I'll do my errand. The good queen, For she is good, hath brought you forth a daughter; 80 Here 'tis; commends it to your blessing. Laying down the child LEONTES Out! A mankind witch! Hence with her, out o' door: A most intelligencing bawd! 85 PAULINA Not so: I am as ignorant in that as you In so entitling me, and no less honest Than you are mad; which is enough, I'll warrant, As this world goes, to pass for honest. 90

Super fast reading check to see how closely you read the section: 1. Who does Paulina say she comes in behalf of? 2. What does Paulina say is her errand? 3. What is Leontes’ response?

See Reverse HIgh-scoring essays will closely relate technique and Paulina’s complex attitude. Let’s work with attitude first: Paulina’s attitude toward the situation is ______, and at the same time, ______. (These should be two dissimilar words.)

Now let’s think about how Shakespeare conveys Paulina’s attitude. The prompt contains the suggestions of repetition, figurative language, and tone, so let’s work with those. Lines that contain repetition:

Lines that contain figurative language (find language that compares one thing to another):

Lines that convey Paulina’s tone the most clearly (you may want to focus on specific words):

What is her tone?

Read the prompt again to make sure your thesis will address the language of the prompt. You’re ready to create your working thesis. Through the use of repetition, figurative language, and (fill in with your answer above) ______tone, Shakespeare conveys Paulina’s attitude of ______and ______. (fill in with your first two answers)

Topic Sentences--use one literary technique per topic sentence. TS 1: Shakespeare employs repetition to show that Paulina’s attitude is...(restate second part of thesis) TS 2: Shakespeare uses figurative language to reveal...(restate second part of thesis) TS 3: Throughout the passage, Paulina’s ______tone conveys...(restate second part of thesis)

End with a brief conclusion that confirms your thesis.