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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Cymbeline
| What is Cymbeline's demeanor at the opening of the play? | Cymbeline
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Angry. The first line of the play is 'You do not meet a man but frowns.' The Queen says to Posthumus 'Marry yet The fire of rage is in him'. And Cymbeline's angry first entrance confirms what has been spoken before.
| Why was Posthumus Leonatus given his first name? | Cymbeline
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His father died before his birth.. It was a Roman custom to name children born after the death of their natural born fathers 'Posthumus'. The first scene explains this.
| Who owns the Italian house which becomes the setting of the bet on Imogen? | Cymbeline
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Philario. Philario is the friend of Posthumus' father who allows Posthumus to stay with him. We are in his house in Act I Scene iv when the bet is made.
| What is in the vial that Cornelius the doctor gives to the Queen? | Cymbeline
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Sleeping Potion. Cornelius lets us know in an aside that although the Queen requests poison, the doctor does not trust her and puts in a strong sleeping potion which simulates death.
On her breast. Iachimo discovers this fact when he looks over the sleeping Imogen in Act II Scene ii.
| What object does Iachimo steal from the sleeping Imogen in her bedchamber? | Cymbeline
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A bracelet. The ring is what Imogen gives to Posthumus. The bracelet or 'manacle of love' as Posthumus calls it in Act One, is what he gave to Imogen and Iachimo steals.
| What is the cause of the war between Cymbeline and the Romans? | Cymbeline
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Cymbeline refuses to pay tribute.. In Act Three, we discover that Cymbeline along with the Queen and Cloten, refuse to pay the tribute that they have paid to Rome in years past.
| What is the name of the General of the Roman Forces in this play? | Cymbeline
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Caius Lucius. It is Caius Lucius. Caius Martius is the Roman soldier who would become Coriolanus. Lucius Brutus was a tribune in Coriolanus. Finally, Marcus Cassibelan is the uncle of Cymbeline who began paying the tribute to Rome.
| What does Posthumus command Pisanio to after after discovering 'Imogen's faithlessness'? | Cymbeline
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Kill her.. Posthumus instructs Pisanio to kill her.
| What is the name of the town that Posthumus tells Imogen to meet him? | Cymbeline
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Milford Haven. All of the action begins to center around Milford Haven by the end of Act III.
| If I were to say the name 'Cadwal', who am I referring to? | Cymbeline
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Arviragus. Cadwal is the name Belarius gives the younger prince. Guiderius is given the name 'Polydor'.
| What is the name Imogen uses when she disguises herself as a man? | Cymbeline
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Fidele. Fidele. The other names are as follows: Cesario---used by Viola in Twelfth Night. Ganymede---used by Rosalind in As You Like It. Sebastian---used by Julia in The Two Gentlemen of Verona.
| Which Roman deity makes a literal appearance in this play? | Cymbeline
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Jupiter. Jupiter. Juno and Ceres appear in The Tempest. Diana makes a literal appearance in Pericles, Prince of Tyre.
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