How we cite our quotes: (Act.Scene.Line)
Quote #7
Enter at one door PERICLES talking with CLEON; all the train with them. Enter at another door a Gentleman, with a letter to PERICLES. (2.Prologue)
Pericles is a play full of dumb shows, which are basically little mini-skits that are acted without anyone speaking. The thing about dumb shows is that they can be a little confusing, and they often have to be explained to the audience, which means that Gower has an opportunity to control the narrative.
Quote #8
This is the rarest dream that e'er dull sleep
Did mock sad fools withal: this cannot be:
My daughter's buried. Well: where were you bred?
I'll hear you more, to the bottom of your story,
And never interrupt you. (5.1.161-165)
This play really is obsessed with storytelling. Here, Pericles keeps interrupting Marina and asking her to repeat herself as she tells him about her life.
Quote #9
Hail, Dian! to perform thy just command,
I here confess myself the king of Tyre;
Who, frighted from my country, did wed
At Pentapolis the fair Thaisa.
At sea in childbed died she, but brought forth
A maid-child call'd Marina; who, O goddess,
Wears yet thy silver livery. She at Tarsus
Was nursed with Cleon; who at fourteen years
He sought to murder: but her better stars
Brought her to Mytilene; 'gainst whose shore
Riding, her fortunes brought the maid aboard us,
Where, by her own most clear remembrance, she
Made known herself my daughter. (5.3.1-13)
This is the second time in the play when storytelling plays a major role in reuniting Pericles's family. Here, Pericles has journeyed to Diana's temple and proceeds to tell his life story at the altar. This, of course, is how his long-lost wife recognizes him after years of separation.