# Pericles — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Pericles by William Shakespeare.

- [Act I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-i.md): Pericles — Stage Lens: dramatic beats, line helps that follow your scroll, and stage picture. Read to understand, not to collect a closed thesis.
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-i-scene-i.md): Pericles arrives at Antioch to win the princess by solving a riddle, but discovers the incestuous relationship between Antiochus and his daughter. He refuses to expose the truth openly, and Antiochus, realizing Pericles 
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-i-scene-ii.md): Pericles, troubled by melancholy and fear of Antiochus, confides in his loyal counselor Helicanus. He reveals the incestuous secret he discovered in Antioch and his dread of the tyrant's retaliation. Helicanus advises hi
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-i-scene-iii.md): Thaliard arrives in Tyre with orders to kill King Pericles, but discovers that Pericles has already departed on unknown travels. Helicanus explains to the lords of Tyre that Pericles left due to displeasure from Antiochu
- [Scene IV: The Relief of Tarsus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-i-scene-iv.md): Cleon and Dionyza lament the famine that has devastated Tarsus, once a prosperous city. Pericles arrives with ships carrying corn to relieve their hunger, offering aid rather than conquest. Cleon welcomes him, and Pericl

> 22 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=pericles_se_463kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Act II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-ii.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-iii.md)
- [Scene IV: The Counsel of Tyre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-iv.md)
- [Scene V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-ii-scene-v.md)
- [Act III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iii.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-iii.md)
- [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iii-scene-iv.md)
- [Act IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iv.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-iii.md)
- [Scene IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-iv.md)
- [Scene V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-v.md)
- [Scene VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-iv-scene-vi.md)
- [Act V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-v.md)
- [Scene I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-v-scene-i.md)
- [Scene II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-v-scene-ii.md)
- [Scene III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/pericles_se/chapters/act-v-scene-iii.md)

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