The King of Britain's daughter Imogen secretly marries Leonatus Posthumus. The king, Cymbeline, banishes the man to Rome. Lachimo wages that he can seduce his wife and get her ring. She repulses him but he finds the ring. Posthumus sends Pisanio to kill her but he dresses her as a man and pretends to carry out the order. Under the name Fidele, she joins Bellarius in Wales but falls into the hands of Lucius when the Roman army invades. Bellarius defeats the Romans. Posthumus is captured as a Roman. Lucius pleads that Fidele is spared, Lachimo declares his deceit with the ring, Imogen reveals herself, and all ends well with a reconciliation with Posthumus.
William Shakespeare was born in 1564, lived in Stratford, and died in 1616. He married Anne Hathaway and had three children. He centred his works on the Globe Theatre from 1599. Story based on the English Holinshed Chronicles.
C.C. (U.K., 2017)
Cymbeline
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.