Like Hermia and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream, Marina is a creator whose arts rival those of Nature. Fittingly, the final stage in the fulfillment of her romantic quest will be the retelling of her own tale to the unknown figure who is discovered to be her father, Pericles. The tale retold is the romantic quester's final task, like—once again—the task of a knight of the Round Table.
