ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA

ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA

Contrast Cleopatra with Octavia. How is each representative of her civilization?

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Cleopatra and Octavia represent rival civilizations. Cleopatra’s beauty and seductiveness are without question. Even Enobarbus, who resents the queen’s command over Antony, acknowledges the undeniable strength of her powers. In fact, his description of Cleopatra in Act II, scene ii offers the play’s most complete picture of her beauty and charms. In a world devoted […]

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ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA

Discuss the structure of the play. How do the quick scene changes affect the plot?

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In sheer number of scenes, Antony and Cleopatra outstrips all other Shakespearean plays. Act V, scene ii, the longest scene in the play, is a mere 356 lines, a modest length compared to scenes in Shakespeare’s other tragedies. The shortness of the scenes compresses our sense of both space and time. First, geographically speaking, the

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ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA

Plot Overview or Summary of ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA

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Mark Antony, one of the three rulers of the Roman Empire, spends his time in Egypt, living a life of decadence and conducting an affair with the country’s beautiful queen, Cleopatra. When a message arrives informing him that his wife, Fulvia, is dead and that Pompey is raising an army to rebel against the triumvirate,

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