The Winter's Tale

leontes and truth

what makes leontes think that hermione is cheating on him?

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Nothing explicit in the text indicates why Leontes has this delusion. That is central to one of the main themes in the play: whether to obey a deluded monarch without question or disobey when you know they are wrong.

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