The Two Noble Kinsmen | Jailer's Daughter
Her father is in charge of the prison where Palamon and Arcite are held after their capture in I.iv. She falls in love with Palamon, even though she realizes that he is far above her in social status. Her love becomes an obsession, and she loses her sanity. By the close of the play, she is reportedly restored to health and about to marry the man with whom she was in love before Palamon entered her life.
The jailer's daughter has a series of soliloquies which trace the course of her infatuation and gradual descent into madness. In II.iv, she recollects that when she first saw...
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