1. In her essay in The New Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare, Janette Dillon describes tragicomedy as “the meeting, even collision, of tragedy and comedy” (Cambridge: CUP, 2010, p. 169). Analyze The Winter's Tale in light of this statement, paying particular attention to Act 5, scene 3. Throughout his career as a playwright, Shakespeare was considered an architect of genre combination; tragedy and comic components in plays. An example of this intertwined genre is The Winter's Tale, one of Shakespeare's last plays performed between the years 1610-11. This play defies any specific genre such as tragedy or comedy, yet it is clearly a fusion of both; 'tragicomedy. Susan Snyder explains the attributes of Shakespeare's genres such as; However, the character of Leontes conveys genuine realism and not absolute tragedy like Othello. Comparing the jealousies of Leontes and Othello; Leontes's appears more realistic in context, while his paranoia about Hermoine deepens: "To laugh with a sigh?" an infallible note / Of breaking honesty, riding on foot? / Clinging in the corners? Do you want watches to be faster? ' (1.2.342) Leontes' jealousy seems to probe quite unobtrusively, and Shakespeare presents no specific reasoning behind Leontes' jealousy. Leontes' naive perception leads him to believe what he tells himself instead of hard evidence, ultimately leading to his own death, blinding himself to the real truth. Leontes' mind is tangled, fixating only on Hermione's ability to influence Polixenes, exclaiming; “at my request he would not do so.” Hermione, my dearest, you never spoke with a better purpose ' (1.2.86) Leontes fixates on convincing himself of the affair. As the audience deals with Leontes' jealousy, he references his own personal circumstances, establishing realism through his