Pericles, Prince of Tyre story
Pericles, Prince of Tyre is a Jacobean play written at least in part by William Shakespeare and included in modern editions of his collected works despite questions over its authorship, as it was not included in the First Folio. Whilst various arguments support that Shakespeare is the sole author of the play (notably DelVecchio and Hammond's Cambridge edition of the play), modern editors generally agree that Shakespeare is responsible for almost exactly half the play—827 lines—the main portion after scene 9 that follows the story of Pericles and Marina. Modern textual studies indicate that the first two acts of 835 lines detailing the many voyages of Pericles were written by a collaborator, which strong evidence suggests to have been the victualler, panderer, dramatist and pamphleteer George Wilkins.
16 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| reunion with a loved one | choice | Pericles, Thaisa, and Marina had each assumed the others lost but were in the end reunited |
| being bitter about one's life | major | Pericles and Marina strove to outdo each other with talk of the miseries they had endured |
| father and daughter | major | Antiochus and his daughter; Pericles and Marina |
| female-female rivalry | major | Dionyza was jealous of Marina and conspired to have her killed |
| perilous voyage at sea | major | Three or four times Pericles set out on dangerous and fated sea traversals. |
| reunion with a long lost child | major | Pericles was finally reunited with his daughter Marina |
| coping with the death of a spouse | minor | Pericles resisted throwing his late wife the queen's corpse overboard. |
| duty vs. conscience | minor | Leonine wrestled with his conscience regarding his order to slay Marina |
| fall from grace | minor | castaway Prince Pericles lamented the reversal of his fortunes that fate had meted out |
| husband and wife | minor | Pericles with Thaisa |