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The Prologue
The Three Queens (referred to only as First Queen, Second Queen, and Third Queen) are the wives of kings killed by the treacherous Creon, King of Thebes. When Creon doesn’t allow the queens to retrieve their husbands’ remains, they interrupt Theseus and Hippolyta’s wedding to beg Theseus to help them. When Theseus appears hesitant to abandon his wedding, the queens solicit additional support from Hippolyta and Emilia. Theseus ultimately honors his chivalric duty by traveling to Thebes, defeating Creon, and enabling the queens to honor their husbands with funeral rites.
Three Queens Quotes in The Two Noble Kinsmen
The The Two Noble Kinsmen quotes below are all either spoken by Three Queens or refer to Three Queens. 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 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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Three Queens Quotes in The Two Noble Kinsmen
The The Two Noble Kinsmen quotes below are all either spoken by Three Queens or refer to Three Queens. 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 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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