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    The document discusses the short reign of Emperor Karl and Empress Zita of Austria-Hungary from 1916-1919, during which time they faced accusations of Zita's foreignness and the monarchy was eventually abolished. It then explores how their son Otto came to represent potential violence in Central Europe. The production of The Winter's Tale aims to mirror this political instability, misogyny, and violence through setting it in post-World War I Europe, exploring similar themes of how governments struggled with stability and silencing women while violence remained prevalent.

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    The document discusses the short reign of Emperor Karl and Empress Zita of Austria-Hungary from 1916-1919, during which time they faced accusations of Zita's foreignness and the monarchy was eventually abolished. It then explores how their son Otto came to represent potential violence in Central Europe. The production of The Winter's Tale aims to mirror this political instability, misogyny, and violence through setting it in post-World War I Europe, exploring similar themes of how governments struggled with stability and silencing women while violence remained prevalent.

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    The document discusses the short reign of Emperor Karl and Empress Zita of Austria-Hungary from 1916-1919, during which time they faced accusations of Zita's foreignness and the monarchy was eventually abolished. It then explores how their son Otto came to represent potential violence in Central Europe. The production of The Winter's Tale aims to mirror this political instability, misogyny, and violence through setting it in post-World War I Europe, exploring similar themes of how governments struggled with stability and silencing women while violence remained prevalent.

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    On30December1916,theHapsburgArchdukeKarlandhiswife,Zitaof

    BourbonParma,werecrownedEmperorandEmpressoftheAustrioHungarianEmpire.Their
    reignwasnottolastlong.ManyAustrians,citingZita'sforeignness,accusedherofbeingan
    enemyofthestateand,by1919,theyvotedtobanishallnobilityfromthecountry.Fifteen
    yearslater,inanarticlein
    ForeignAffairs
    ,JohnGunthercalledKarlandZitasgrownson,
    Otto,"avitalquestionmarkinthefuturedevelopmentofCentralEurope.Forcircumstances
    havemadehim,besidesanancientHapsburg,amodernweapon".Gunthersuggeststhat
    OttorepresentedapotentialforextremeviolenceinEurope.Inanattempttoexplorethat
    potentialforviolencein
    TheWinter'sTale,
    wesetourproduction,whichmirrorsthepolitical
    instability,misogyny,andviolentimageryoftheHapsburgs'story,inpostWorldWarIEurope.

    TheFirstWorldWarleftmuchofEuroperavagedbyallkindsofviolenceandpolitical
    instability.Millionsofyoungmendiedonthebattlefieldorwerephysicallyoremotionally
    scarredbytrenchwarfare,toxicgas,andadevastatinginfluenzaepidemic.Duringandafter
    thewar,monarchiestoppled,newregimesgainedpower,andmanypeoplespokeupagainst
    injustices.WomenalloverEurope,forexample,werejailedwhentheypetitionedforuniversal
    suffrage.JustasmanypostwarEuropeangovernmentsbothstruggledtomaintainpolitical
    stabilityandtriedtosilencethevoicesofwomen,sotooLeontes'violentandcontrolling
    actionsattempttosilencewomenandleaveSiciliapoliticallyunstablewithoutanheir.

    ThethemesinShakespeare'splaythusclearlyspeaktopostWWIEurope.Andso,
    too,dotheyspeaktoourlives.Thefactthatthemovie
    AmericanSniper
    (which,eveninits
    title,invokesasensebothofnationalismandviolence)is,accordingtoboxofficemojo.com
    andasofthewritingofthisessay,numberoneonmovieboxofficechartsisoneexamplethat
    revealsacurrentnationalinterestintheseverythemes.Otherstatisticsremindusthat
    violenceisfartoooftendomestic.AccordingtotheAmericanBarAssociation,nearly25%of
    U.S.womenandalmost8%ofU.S.menhavebeenvictimsofdomesticabuse.
    TheWinter's
    Tale
    isastorythatwemustcontinuetotellbecauseitasksustoconsidertheeffectsof
    violenceinourowncommunities.Butitisalsoastorythatoffers,asanalternativeto
    violence,thehopethatLeontes,hisfamily,andhiskingdomcanfindpeaceandnewlife
    throughthepowerofforgivenessandgrace.Wehopethatourproductionof
    TheWinter's
    Tale
    willinspireconversationaboutwhichtypeofpower(ofviolenceorofgrace)wetrulywish
    towield.

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