HERMIONE

Monologues

What HERMIONE wants

1. To defend her honour without dignifying the lie — to be believed by heaven if not by him.Leontes, convinced without evidence that Hermione has been unfaithful, has imprisoned her, and now tries her publicly. She has just given birth and been branded an adulteress.

Scenes HERMIONE appears in

• Act 1, Scene 215 lines
• Act 2, Scene 112 lines
• Act 3, Scene 27 lines
• Act 5, Scene 31 line