Winter's Tale, Act 3 Scene 1 runs 27 lines of dialogue, spoken by 2 speakers. That is shorter than the play’s average scene length of about 240 lines. This scene is part of Act 3 of Winter's Tale.
Full Dialogue
Cleomenes ♂
The climate's delicate, the air most sweet,
Fertile the isle, the temple much surpassing
The common praise it bears.
Fertile the isle, the temple much surpassing
The common praise it bears.
Dion ♂
I shall report,
For most it caught me, the celestial habits,
Methinks I so should term them, and the reverence
Of the grave wearers. O, the sacrifice!
How ceremonious, solemn and unearthly
It was i' the offering!
For most it caught me, the celestial habits,
Methinks I so should term them, and the reverence
Of the grave wearers. O, the sacrifice!
How ceremonious, solemn and unearthly
It was i' the offering!
Cleomenes ♂
But of all, the burst
And the ear-deafening voice o' the oracle,
Kin to Jove's thunder, so surprised my sense.
That I was nothing.
And the ear-deafening voice o' the oracle,
Kin to Jove's thunder, so surprised my sense.
That I was nothing.
Dion ♂
If the event o' the journey
Prove as successful to the queen,–O be't so!–
As it hath been to us rare, pleasant, speedy,
The time is worth the use on't.
Prove as successful to the queen,–O be't so!–
As it hath been to us rare, pleasant, speedy,
The time is worth the use on't.
Cleomenes ♂
Great Apollo
Turn all to the best! These proclamations,
So forcing faults upon Hermione,
I little like.
Turn all to the best! These proclamations,
So forcing faults upon Hermione,
I little like.
Dion ♂
The violent carriage of it
Will clear or end the business: when the oracle,
Thus by Apollo's great divine seal'd up,
Shall the contents discover, something rare
Even then will rush to knowledge. Go: fresh horses!
And gracious be the issue!
Will clear or end the business: when the oracle,
Thus by Apollo's great divine seal'd up,
Shall the contents discover, something rare
Even then will rush to knowledge. Go: fresh horses!
And gracious be the issue!
27 lines rendered verbatim from the dialogue corpus.
Who’s On Stage
Speaking characters in this scene
| Character | Lines | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Dion | 16 | 59.3% |
| Cleomenes | 11 | 40.7% |
Line distribution
The top speaker in this scene delivers 16 lines, while the scene’s average per speaker is about 14 lines.
Total speakers on stage
2 named characters speak in this scene.
Scene in Context
Position within Act 3
This is Scene 1 of 3 in Act 3 of Winter's Tale.
Scene length vs. play average
At 27 lines, this scene is shorter than the Winter's Tale average scene in Winter's Tale (~240 lines).
Adjacent scenes
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