Shakespeare

The Abandoned Child

Forgiveness 2, Exit, Pursued by a Bear

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A newborn baby lies on the floor before the king, and a woman kneels looking up at him.
Illustration by John Gilbert, engraved by the Dalziel Brothers, The Plays of Shakespeare, ed. Howard Staunton, Routledge, 1858-64Original

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Leontes decides what is to be done with his newborn daughter. His first word is to have her thrown in the fire. His lords go on their knees and beg the order down.

It becomes an order to carry her far off and leave her. Antigonus is given the task. He is also the man who said the order was wrong.

The ship reaches the coast of Bohemia. He carries the child ashore. A storm was already coming up.

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