JAILER'S DAUGHTER, THE


Meaning of JAILER'S DAUGHTER, THE in English

daughter of the keeper of the Athenian jail where Palamon and Arcite are imprisoned in The Two Noble Kinsmen by William Shakespeare and John Fletcher. Her hopeless, unrequited passion for Palamon drives her to foolhardy action and madness, making her the antithesis of the virginal, indecisive Emilia.

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