Cymbeline--Act+1

1. What do you learn about Cymbeline from scene 1? What kind of father is he? How is he regarded at court? 2. Why is Posthumus/ exiled? What sort of manliness does he exhibit? Why did Imogen choose him over Cloten? What kind of manliness does Cloten exhibit? 3. What do Posthumus and Imogen exchange before he's exhiled? What do they both swear? 4. In scene 2 what do you learn about Cloten from the second lord? 5. What is Pisanio supposed to do for Imogen? How do you think they get along? Explain. 6. In scene 4, what does Iachimo plot? Why? 7. How does Iachimo taunt Posthumus? What do they wager--be specific? 8. In Italy, how does Posthumus conceive of British nationalism? What is the connection between Imogen's wifely virtue and British virtue? 9. How does Iachimo conceive of Italian (as opposed to Roman) national virtue. What, according to him, makes Italians great and manly? 10. Of what does the Queen ask Cornelius? Why does he give her what she asks? 11. How does the Queen plan to use the poison? On whom? Why? 12. How does Iachimo speak to Imogen? Why does she repulse him? 13. What does Iachimo ask of Imogen? Why does she agree? What is the result of her actions? 14. What does Iachimo do in Imogen's bedchamber? What's his purpose?