Cymbeline
Introduction + Context
Plot Summary
Detailed Summary & Analysis
Act 1, Scene 1 Act 1, Scene 2 Act 1, Scene 3 Act 1, Scene 4 Act 1, Scene 5 Act 1, Scene 6 Act 2, Scene 1 Act 2, Scene 2 Act 2, Scene 3 Act 2, Scene 4 Act 2, Scene 5 Act 3, Scene 1 Act 3, Scene 2 Act 3, Scene 3 Act 3, Scene 4 Act 3, Scene 5 Act 3, Scene 6 Act 3, Scene 7 Act 4, Scene 1 Act 4, Scene 2 Act 4, Scene 3 Act 4, Scene 4 Act 5, Scene 1 Act 5, Scene 2 Act 5, Scene 3 Act 5, Scene 4 Act 5, Scene 5
Themes
All Themes Morality and Loyalty Gender Roles Imperialism vs. Independence Forgiveness and Reconciliation The Gods and Fate Nobility
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Characters
All Characters Cymbeline Imogen/Fidele Posthumus Leonatus The Queen Cloten Iachimo Pisanio Belarius/Morgan Guiderius/Polydor Arviragus/Cadwal Caius Lucius Cornelius Philario Jupiter Soothsayer (Philarmonus) The First Lord The Second Lord British Captains Jailers Ghost of Sicilius Leonatus
Symbols
All Symbols Gold and Jewelry Eagles Disguise
Literary Devices
All Literary Devices Allegory Allusions Dramatic Irony Ethos Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Paradox Pathos Personification Satire Setting Similes Soliloquy Style Tone Verbal Irony
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Cymbeline

by

William Shakespeare

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Gold and Jewelry

Gold and jewelry have a double meaning in Cymbeline, representing virtue or corruption depending on how they’re used. At the beginning of the play, before Posthumus goes into exile, he and Imogen exchange a…

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Eagles

Since eagles are associated with Jupiter (the king of the Roman gods), Shakespeare frequently uses eagles to symbolize honor, victory, and the Roman Empire. In one of the more famous quotes from the play, Imogen…

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Disguise

Throughout Cymbeline, disguises reveal a character’s true personality, showing that a person’s everyday appearance might not reflect the reality of who they are. In Cloten’s case, disguising himself as Posthumus reveals his duplicity…

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