During the course of the story, Leontes transforms himself from cruel and foolish to repentant. Similarly, Hermione undergoes a transformation from anger to forgiveness towards her husband Leontes, mirroring her “transformation” from statue to human, while Polixenes undergoes a transformation as he moves from disapproval to approval of his son Florizel’s marriage to Perdita. Discuss transformations in The Winter’s Tale with two well-written, complex paragraphs. Use evidence from the text to support your writing

today we'd use social media to quickly spread a controversial idea, but in the eighteenth century, the printed pamphlet was highly effective. and thomas paine took full advantage of it. on january 9, 1776, when paine published his pamphlet, "common sense," he wanted to push the american people toward independence from britain. it ultimately ignite the american revolution. thomas paine argued that the monarchy was evil and should be rejected as a form of government. to underscore his point, he cited the bible to argue his case -- in judges 8: 22-23: "the israelites said to gideon, 'rule over us, you and your son and your ' gideon told them, 'i will not rule over you. the lord will rule over you'" (nrsv).

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