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Three Queens
Creon is the corrupt King of Thebes and Arcite and Palamon’s uncle. He doesn’t appear in the play outside of other characters’ references to him. In Act 1, Theseus honors the request of Three Queens to travel to Thebes, conquer Creon’s army, and retrieve the queens’ husbands’ remains so that they may receive a proper burial. Arcite and Palamon disapprove of Creon’s treachery and consider leaving Thebes to save their reputations and avoid becoming corrupt themselves. However, when they learn of Theseus’s approaching army, they set aside their ethical misgivings about Creon to honor their duty to defend their homeland against outside invaders.
Creon Quotes in The Two Noble Kinsmen
The The Two Noble Kinsmen quotes below are all either spoken by Creon or refer to Creon. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Act 1, Scene 2
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Let th’ event,
That never-erring arbitrator, tell us
When we know all ourselves, and let us follow
The becking of our chance.
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Act 1, Scene 3
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Their knot of love,
Tied, weaved, entangled, with so true, so long,
And with a finger of so deep a cunning,
May be outworn, never undone. I think
Theseus cannot be umpire to himself,
Cleaving his conscience into twin and doing
Each side like justice, which he loves best.
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Act 1, Scene 4
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Th’ impartial gods, who from the mounted heavens
View us their mortal herd, behold who err
And, in their time, chastise.
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Act 1, Scene 5
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This world’s a city full of straying streets,
And death’s the market-place where each one meets.
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Creon Quotes in The Two Noble Kinsmen
The The Two Noble Kinsmen quotes below are all either spoken by Creon or refer to Creon. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Act 1, Scene 2
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Let th’ event,
That never-erring arbitrator, tell us
When we know all ourselves, and let us follow
The becking of our chance.
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Act 1, Scene 3
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Their knot of love,
Tied, weaved, entangled, with so true, so long,
And with a finger of so deep a cunning,
May be outworn, never undone. I think
Theseus cannot be umpire to himself,
Cleaving his conscience into twin and doing
Each side like justice, which he loves best.
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Act 1, Scene 4
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Th’ impartial gods, who from the mounted heavens
View us their mortal herd, behold who err
And, in their time, chastise.
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Act 1, Scene 5
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This world’s a city full of straying streets,
And death’s the market-place where each one meets.
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