Theme Of 4.36 Of Cymbeline

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In 4.3.36 of Cymbeline, Pisano is called in by Cymbeline to tell him of Posthumus’s, Imogen’s and Cloten’s whereabouts. The king desperately wants to know for the queen is sick with fever over Cloten’s disappearance and Cymbeline misses his daughter. Pisano is telling the truth in line 36 when he says he knows of no one’s whereabouts. In this passage there are certain lines that mirror the theme of disguise and fate. Disguise is a huge part of the play, Imogen, Cloten, and Posthumus all disguise themselves in order to achieve some goal. The disguises they choose particularly for Cloten reveals a lot about his character at that moment in the play. So the lines “Wherein I am false, I am honest”, ring true. Cloten disguises himself in Posthumus’s

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