Leontes

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Shakespearean character fictional character king

Leontes is the jealous King of Sicilia whose unfounded suspicion of his wife drives the tragic events in Shakespeare’s play "The Winter’s Tale" and its operatic adaptations.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Leontes canonical	8
Leontes in The Winter’s Tale	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Shakespearean character ⓘ fictional character ⓘ king ⓘ
accuses	Hermione ⓘ Polixenes ⓘ
adaptedAsCharacterIn	operatic adaptations of The Winter’s Tale ⓘ
appearsIn	The Winter's Tale ⓘ surface form: The Winter’s Tale, Act I The Winter's Tale ⓘ surface form: The Winter’s Tale, Act II The Winter's Tale ⓘ surface form: The Winter’s Tale, Act III The Winter's Tale ⓘ surface form: The Winter’s Tale, Act V
believesAffairBetween	Hermione and Polixenes ⓘ
causeOf	abandonment of Perdita ⓘ apparent death of Hermione ⓘ banishment of Antigonus ⓘ death of Mamillius ⓘ trial of Hermione ⓘ
centralThemeInvolvement	forgiveness ⓘ jealousy ⓘ repentance ⓘ
child	Mamillius ⓘ Perdita ⓘ
country	Sicily ⓘ surface form: Sicilia
creator	William Shakespeare ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	The Winter's Tale ⓘ surface form: The Winter’s Tale
firstAppearance	The Winter's Tale ⓘ surface form: The Winter’s Tale
friend	Polixenes ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasQuality	jealous ⓘ repentant ⓘ suspicious ⓘ tyrannical ⓘ
ignores	Oracle’s declaration of Hermione’s innocence ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
laterAccepts	Oracle’s truth ⓘ
literaryGenre	tragicomedy ⓘ
narrativeRole	protagonist ⓘ tragic figure ⓘ
notableWork	The Winter's Tale ⓘ surface form: The Winter’s Tale
orders	Oracle of Delphi consulted ⓘ
positionHeld	King of Sicily ⓘ surface form: King of Sicilia
repentsFor	mistreatment of Hermione ⓘ ordering Perdita abandoned ⓘ
reunitedWith	Hermione ⓘ Perdita ⓘ
spouse	Hermione ⓘ
timePeriodOfFiction	mythic ancient Sicilia ⓘ
title	King of Sicily ⓘ surface form: King of Sicilia
undergoes	moral transformation ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Winter’s Tale (opera) → hasCharacter → Leontes ⓘ

The Winter’s Tale (stage production) → hasCharacter → Leontes ⓘ

Edward Watson → notableRole → Leontes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Leontes in The Winter’s Tale

Perdita → biologicalFather → Leontes ⓘ

Perdita → reunitesWith → Leontes ⓘ

Polixenes → hasFriend → Leontes ⓘ

Polixenes → hasRelationshipWith → Leontes ⓘ

Polixenes → accusedBy → Leontes ⓘ

Polixenes → reconciledWith → Leontes ⓘ