Cymbeline
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Plot Summary
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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
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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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by William Shakespeare
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