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My group and I had a lot of fun performing scene 3 from Act III of The Winter’s Tale. Although the scene opened with a negative vibe – stormy weather, the Mariner’s words foreshadowing that vicious animals might appear, and the abandonment of an infant – it closed on a positive, cheerful note with the kind-hearted Shepherd and his son taking in the baby.

Performing the scene certainly helped my understanding because usually I would just read the lines silently, not aloud. More importantly, listening to the words being read aloud by other people made a huge difference. From the way my group members read their lines (tone, body language, etc.), I saw how they interpreted the characters and that contributed to my overall understanding of the scene.