The Winter’s Tale · Character
Autolycus
A singing, pocket-picking peddler who turns Bohemia's sheep-shearing into a one-man festival of larceny.
supporting
Also known as Autolycus Age, Enter Autolycus, Autolycus Neither, Autolycus The fardel
First appearance: Scene III
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Autolycus arrives at the sheep-shearing with ballads, ribbons, and a hand in every purse, selling love songs to maids and lifting the clown's money while pretending to be the victim of a robbery. He is the play's comic…
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Relationship types
- Rivalry
- Other
Character groups
- Sicilian court and Bohemian characters
- Protagonist
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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