Cymbeline

Cymbeline

by

William Shakespeare

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Jupiter Character Analysis

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The king of the gods. Characters often pray to the gods throughout the play for protection and favor. Descending on an eagle and in a cloud of thunder, Jupiter visits Posthumus in a dream and assures him that everything will work out for the best, even leaving a tablet with a prophecy inscribed on it on the sleeping Posthumus’ chest. Jupiter claims to favor Posthumus, and much of Posthumus’ misfortune can be attributed to Jupiter’s desire to make his favorite people suffer so that they will appreciate his favor even more when it comes.

Jupiter Quotes in Cymbeline

The Cymbeline quotes below are all either spoken by Jupiter or refer to Jupiter. 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:
Morality and Loyalty Theme Icon
).
Act 5, Scene 4 Quotes

No more, you petty spirits of region low,
Offend our hearing; hush! How dare you ghosts
Accuse the thunderer, whose bolt, you know,
Sky-planted batters all rebelling coasts?
Poor shadows of Elysium, hence, and rest
Upon your never-withering banks of flowers:
Be not with mortal accidents opprest;
No care of yours it is; you know ‘tis ours.
Whom best I love I cross; to make my gift,
The more delay’d, delighted. Be content;
Your low-laid son our godhead will uplift:
His comforts thrive, his trials well are spent.
Our Jovial star reign’d at his birth, and in
Our temple was he married. Rise, and fade.
He shall be lord of lady Imogen,
And happier much by his affliction made.
This tablet lay upon his breast, wherein
Our pleasure his full fortune doth confine:
and so, away: no further with your din
Express impatience, lest you stir up mine.
Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline.

Related Characters: Jupiter (speaker), Imogen/Fidele , Posthumus Leonatus, Ghost of Sicilius Leonatus, Ghost of Posthumus’ Mother, Ghosts of the Brothers of Posthumus
Related Symbols: Eagles
Page Number: 5.4.Lines 96-116
Explanation and Analysis:
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Jupiter Quotes in Cymbeline

The Cymbeline quotes below are all either spoken by Jupiter or refer to Jupiter. 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:
Morality and Loyalty Theme Icon
).
Act 5, Scene 4 Quotes

No more, you petty spirits of region low,
Offend our hearing; hush! How dare you ghosts
Accuse the thunderer, whose bolt, you know,
Sky-planted batters all rebelling coasts?
Poor shadows of Elysium, hence, and rest
Upon your never-withering banks of flowers:
Be not with mortal accidents opprest;
No care of yours it is; you know ‘tis ours.
Whom best I love I cross; to make my gift,
The more delay’d, delighted. Be content;
Your low-laid son our godhead will uplift:
His comforts thrive, his trials well are spent.
Our Jovial star reign’d at his birth, and in
Our temple was he married. Rise, and fade.
He shall be lord of lady Imogen,
And happier much by his affliction made.
This tablet lay upon his breast, wherein
Our pleasure his full fortune doth confine:
and so, away: no further with your din
Express impatience, lest you stir up mine.
Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline.

Related Characters: Jupiter (speaker), Imogen/Fidele , Posthumus Leonatus, Ghost of Sicilius Leonatus, Ghost of Posthumus’ Mother, Ghosts of the Brothers of Posthumus
Related Symbols: Eagles
Page Number: 5.4.Lines 96-116
Explanation and Analysis: