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When Arcite and Palamon look out their prison cell window and see Emilia for the first time, she is walking through a nearby garden, accompanied by an unnamed woman (a servant). Oblivious to her admirers, Emilia and her woman admire the flowers and discuss love, lust, and men. Some of Emilia’s exchanges with her serving woman are provocative and might suggest that Emilia is sexually intimate with her maids. For example, Emilia calls the woman “wanton” (promiscuous), and both women convey their desire to “laugh” and “lie down,” possibly with another person.
Woman Quotes in The Two Noble Kinsmen
The The Two Noble Kinsmen quotes below are all either spoken by Woman or refer to Woman. 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 2, Scene 2
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Men are mad things.
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It is the very emblem of a maid.
For when the west wind courts her gently,
How modestly she blows and paints the sun
With her chaste blushes! When the north comes near her,
Rude and impatient, then, like chastity,
She locks her beauties in her bud again,
And leave him to base briers.
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Woman Quotes in The Two Noble Kinsmen
The The Two Noble Kinsmen quotes below are all either spoken by Woman or refer to Woman. 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 2, Scene 2
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Men are mad things.
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It is the very emblem of a maid.
For when the west wind courts her gently,
How modestly she blows and paints the sun
With her chaste blushes! When the north comes near her,
Rude and impatient, then, like chastity,
She locks her beauties in her bud again,
And leave him to base briers.
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