![]() ![]() Arcite wins, but dies after a riding accident. The winner will wed Emilia.Arcite prays to Mars for victory Palamon, to Venus for Emilia’s love. He first sentences both to death, but then establishes a contest in which each will participate with Theban comrades. Her original wooer cures her by courting her while pretending to be Palamon.Arcite encounters Palamon and challenges him to formal combat for Emilia. The jailer’s daughter, who loves Palamon, helps him escape, but goes mad with anxiety. Both fall in love with her, becoming bitter rivals.Arcite is released but, for love of Emilia, stays in Athens at the risk of his life. ![]() From their cell, they see Emilia, the sister-in-law of Theseus, Duke of Athens. Arcite and Palamon, Theban knights and devoted cousins, are imprisoned in Athens. Entire Play The Two Noble Kinsmen, derived from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, begins as Athens defeats Thebes in war.
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