Pericles, Prince of Tyre Fate and Free Will Quotes

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Quote #10

Although assail'd with fortune fierce and keen,
Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast,
Led on by heaven, and crown'd with joy at last: (5.3.88-90)

Gower certainly seems to think that there's a divine presence in the world that's been looking out for Pericles and his family. He also thinks they've been rewarded for their "virtue." (Unlike, say, wicked King Antiochus, who was punished with a fireball sent down from the heavens.)