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The serve several functions within the play. Those which will be discussed in this paper include how these images relate to Shakespeare's conception of young love, how they give us a better understanding of the two lovers, and how they relate to the family feud ....

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.... the relationship berween the two lovers is moving too quickly; after all, Romeo was pining away because Rosaline rejected him just one day before. However, he too sees the difference in Romeo's depth of emotion and in light of that, and the possible political benefits (namely peace between the feuding families) he encourages the match. Shadespeare's The Winter's Talw is , as most critics will agree, a difficult play to read, but the work possesses intriguing characters and symbols that make the effort worthwhile. Two of the most powerfil and fascinating symbols are those of the bear and the stue. Because it is Antogonus' episode with the bear th ....