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Synaesthesia and Eating In The Winter's Tale

Synaesthesia and Eating In The Winter's Tale S YNAESTHESIA AND E ATING IN T HE W INTER’S T ALE A NDREW M ORAN University of Dallas W hen mad King Leontes wrongly accuses his wife Hermione of adultery in The Winter’s Tale , he consoles himself that at least she did not nurse their son Mamillius (2.1.56), whom he loves and believes his own. The persecution of Hermione, however, will lead to his son’s death: like any young mammal, Mamillius cannot live without his mother. The couple’s other child, Perdita, though abandoned in a for- est, will live, and she, unlike her brother, was nursed by her mother: the baby girl is taken from Hermione’s breast, “the innocent milk in [her] most innocent mouth” (3.2.100). The child who eats lives. The play is replete with references to food and eating. For example, Antigonus, the counselor whom Leontes forces to abandon the infant, does not survive, devoured by a bear while ful fi lling his cruel task. The Clown, who fi nds the bear “half dined on the gentleman” (3.3.105), comments that “they are never curst but when hungry” (3.3.128–9). The conman Autolycus voices his desire for the property of others through metaphors of eating. He http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Religion and the Arts Brill

Synaesthesia and Eating In The Winter's Tale

Moran, Andrew
Religion and the Arts , Volume 9 (1-2): 38 – Jan 1, 2005
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© 2005 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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S YNAESTHESIA AND E ATING IN T HE W INTER’S T ALE A NDREW M ORAN University of Dallas W hen mad King Leontes wrongly accuses his wife Hermione of adultery in The Winter’s Tale , he consoles himself that at least she did not nurse their son Mamillius (2.1.56), whom he loves and believes his own. The persecution of Hermione, however, will lead to his son’s death: like any young mammal, Mamillius cannot live without his mother. The couple’s other child, Perdita, though abandoned in a for- est, will live, and she, unlike her brother, was nursed by her mother: the baby girl is taken from Hermione’s breast, “the innocent milk in [her] most innocent mouth” (3.2.100). The child who eats lives. The play is replete with references to food and eating. For example, Antigonus, the counselor whom Leontes forces to abandon the infant, does not survive, devoured by a bear while ful fi lling his cruel task. The Clown, who fi nds the bear “half dined on the gentleman” (3.3.105), comments that “they are never curst but when hungry” (3.3.128–9). The conman Autolycus voices his desire for the property of others through metaphors of eating. He

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