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Iachimo
''Cymbeline'' , also known as ''The Tragedie of Cymbeline'' or ''Cymbeline, King of Britain'', is a play by William Shakespeare set in Ancient Britain () and based on legends that formed part of the Matter of Britain concerning the early Celtic British King Cunobeline. Although it is listed as a tragedy in the First Folio, modern critics often classify ''Cymbeline'' as a romance or even a comedy. Like ''Othello'' and '' The Winter's Tale'', it deals with the themes of innocence and jealousy. While the precise date of composition remains unknown, the play was certainly produced as early as 1611. Characters ;In Britain * Cymbeline – Modelled on the historical King of Britain, Cunobeline, and father to Imogen * Queen – Cymbeline's second wife and mother to Cloten * Imogen/Innogen – Cymbeline's daughter by a former queen, later disguised as the page Fidele * Posthumus Leonatus – Innogen's husband, adopted as an orphan and raised in Cymbeline's family * Cloten – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imogen (Cymbeline)
Imogen (also spelled Innogen) is the daughter of Cunobelinus, King Cymbeline in William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's play ''Cymbeline''. She was described by William Hazlitt as "perhaps the most tender and the most wikt:artless, artless" of all Women in Shakespeare's works, Shakespeare's women. Name According to some modern editions of Shakespeare's plays, notably the 1986 ''Oxford Edition'', the correct name is in fact ''Innogen'', and the spelling "Imogen" is an error which arose when the manuscripts were first committed to print. The name Innogen is mentioned as a ghost character in early editions of ''Much Ado About Nothing'' as the wife of the Much Ado About Nothing#Characters, Leonato character. Imogen in ''Cymbeline'' is paired with a character with the epithet "Leonatus". Actions in the play Imogen is princess of Britain, and the virtuous wife of the exiled Posthumus, whose praise of her moral purity incites Posthumus's acquaintance Iachimo to bet Posthumus that he can se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
