# Pericles — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Pericles by William Shakespeare.

- [Act I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-i.md): Pericles — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-i-scene-i.md): Pericles arrives at Antioch to win the princess by solving a riddle, but discovers the incestuous relationship between Antiochus and his daughter. He refuses to expose the truth openly, and Antiochus, realizing Pericles 
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-i-scene-ii.md): Pericles, troubled by melancholy and fear of Antiochus, confides in his loyal counselor Helicanus. He reveals the incestuous secret he discovered in Antioch and his dread of the tyrant's retaliation. Helicanus advises hi
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-i-scene-iii.md): Thaliard arrives in Tyre with orders to kill King Pericles, but discovers that Pericles has already departed on unknown travels. Helicanus explains to the lords of Tyre that Pericles left due to displeasure from Antiochu
- [Scene IV: The Relief of Tarsus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-i-scene-iv.md): Cleon and Dionyza lament the famine that has devastated Tarsus, once a prosperous city. Pericles arrives with ships carrying corn to relieve their hunger, offering aid rather than conquest. Cleon welcomes him, and Pericl
- [Act II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-ii.md): Pericles — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-i.md): Pericles, shipwrecked and washed ashore at Pentapolis, is taken in by a group of fishermen who discuss the injustices of the world. They recover his father's armor from the sea, and Pericles learns of a tournament for th
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-ii.md): King Simonides and his daughter Thaisa oversee a tournament of knights vying for her honor. Thaisa interprets the devices and mottos of each knight, including a mysterious stranger (Pericles) whose withered branch with a
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-iii.md): At a banquet in Pentapolis, King Simonides welcomes the knights after the tournament. Thaisa crowns Pericles victor, and the feast proceeds with dancing. Pericles remains melancholic, reflecting on his lost fortunes. Sim
- [Scene IV: The Counsel of Tyre](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-iv.md): Helicanus informs Escanes of the divine punishment of Antiochus and his daughter, who were consumed by fire from heaven for their incest. Lords of Tyre, concerned about Pericles' prolonged absence, propose electing Helic
- [Scene V](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-v.md): King Simonides reads a letter from his daughter Thaisa, who declares she will marry the stranger knight (Pericles) or never marry. Simonides approves but tests Pericles by accusing him of bewitching Thaisa. Pericles defe
- [Act III](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iii.md): Pericles — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-i.md): Pericles, aboard a storm-tossed ship, learns that his wife Thaisa has died in childbirth. Lychorida presents him with their newborn daughter. Sailors insist Thaisa's body be cast overboard due to superstition. Pericles r
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-ii.md): In Ephesus, Cerimon demonstrates his virtue and skill in medicine by aiding shipwrecked men and reviving Thaisa, who was cast ashore in a chest after being presumed dead during a storm at sea. The scene highlights Cerimo
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-iii.md): Pericles, having completed his twelve-month stay in Tarsus, entrusts his infant daughter Marina to the care of Cleon and Dionyza, vowing to remain unmarried until she is wed. Cleon and Dionyza promise to raise her as the
- [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-iv.md): In Ephesus, Cerimon returns Thaisa's belongings and reveals that she was shipwrecked. Thaisa, believing King Pericles is dead, decides to become a vestal virgin in Diana's temple, and Cerimon offers his niece to attend h
- [Act IV](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iv.md): Pericles — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-i.md): Dionyza orders Leonine to murder Marina, but pirates intervene and abduct her. Leonine decides to report her dead.
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-ii.md): In a brothel in Mytilene, the Pandar, Bawd, and Boult discuss their need for fresh prostitutes after poor business. Boult returns with Marina, who has been captured by pirates. Despite the Bawd's attempts to coerce her i
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-iii.md): Cleon and Dionyza discuss the murder of Marina, with Cleon expressing horror and guilt while Dionyza justifies the deed and plans to cover it up by claiming Marina died of natural causes.
- [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-iv.md): Gower introduces the scene, describing Pericles' journey to Tarsus to retrieve his daughter Marina. A dumb show reveals Cleon and Dionyza showing Pericles a false tomb, leading him to believe Marina is dead. Pericles, ov
- [Scene V](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-v.md): Two gentlemen exit a brothel in Mytilene, marveling at the virtuous influence of a woman who preached divinity there, vowing to abandon bawdy houses and pursue virtue.
- [Scene VI](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-vi.md): In the brothel, Marina resists the advances of Lysimachus, the governor of Mytilene, by appealing to his honor and virtue. Lysimachus is moved by her eloquence and chastity, gives her gold, and leaves. Boult and the Bawd
- [Act V](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-v.md): Pericles — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-v-scene-i.md): On board Pericles' ship off Mytilene, the grief-stricken Pericles is visited by Lysimachus, the governor of Mytilene, who brings Marina to try to rouse him from his melancholy. Through their conversation, Pericles discov
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-v-scene-ii.md): Gower introduces the final act, describing how Pericles has been promised to marry Marina in Mytilene, but must first perform a sacrifice at the temple of Diana in Ephesus as commanded. The scene shifts to Ephesus, where
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-v-scene-iii.md): Pericles, guided by a vision from Diana, arrives at the temple of Diana in Ephesus with his daughter Marina and their companions. He recounts his life story to the goddess, revealing his identity. Thaisa, who has been se

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