The Two Noble Kinsmen by William ShakespeareMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Noble cousins Arcite and Palamon see and love the same woman and fight over her. They duel, but are caught by the king. They each refuse to yield to the other, so King Theseus sets a wrestling contest – the winner will get the girl. Arcite appeals to Mars, the god of war, so wins the fight. But Palamon appeals to Venus, the god of love. Arcite dies in a horse riding accident after the fight, and Palamon gets the girl.
Love makes you do crazy things, or go crazy.
Much of the play is taken with the girl they fight over – her agony over it all. And with the jailer’s daughter, who literally goes crazy, loving Palamon.
This is a retelling of Chaucer’s Knight’s Tale, and Shakespeare was a co-author.
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