Cymbeline:Territorial Anxiety,Creative Alliance,and the Early Imagination of Cultural Nationalism
There are subtle differences between the escaping plot of"chastity gamble"in Shakespeare's Cymbeline and Decamon(the ninth story of the second day)and Frederyke of Jennen.The heroines in both sources escape from the sea,while Shakespeare chooses the wilds of Wales.Shakespeare's elaborate design of the Welsh wilderness and Milford Harbor not only makes the whole plot full of twists and turns,but also dramatizes the territorial anxiety and integrated worry within the alliance.Howev-er,despite the stark divisions in the political makeup of early modern Britain,Shakespeare creates British unity in his plays by depicting landscapes of wilderness,reconstructing histories of romance,and selecting locations of landing.Through the adapta-tion of the source material,Shakespeare implicitly conveys the concept of national unity and development gradually formed by the English people.The interpretation of Cymbeline can help us to see the lasting efforts and deep worries of Shakespeare in the process of constructing national identity in his later years.
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