Antony and Cleopatra in depth summary and analysis.
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English Home Language
Institution
12
Book
Antony and Cleopatra
This is the best study notes for essay writing. I have summarized every character along with strengths and weaknesses of each character. I have included quotes throughout for each theme, each character analysis and each symbol from the play. Themes, symbolism and imagery has been discussed in depth...
, Characters
Mark Antony
● Complex (both passionate and valiant)
● Conflicted between pleasure and duty
● Impulsive yet strategic
● A member of the triumvirate: a group of three men who controlled Rome (Octavius
Caesar + Lepidus)
● Was known as valiant, honourable, noble, brave and a successful soldier
● Lustful (with Cleopatra)
● Dishonourable (for leaving Rome for Cleopatra)
● Married to Fulvia, had an affair with Cleopatra, married Octavia (political strategy)
Mark Antony related quotes
● Has a "dotage that o'er flows the measure"
● Is starting to "come too short of that great property"
● "Not he, the Queen"
● [Cleopatra's] "strong Egyptian fetters [he] must break, / or lose [him] self in dotage"
● "[He] must from this enchanting queen break off"
● A slipper leader of the "slippery people"
● "My full heart remains in use with you"
● "demi-Atlas"
● "noble, courageous, unmatchable"
● "Th' Atoniad, the Egyptian admiral"
● "You did know how much you were my conquerer"
● "My sword, made weak by my affection, would / Obey it on all cause."
● "none other than Antony/should conquer Antony"
Mark Antony strengths
● "most noble Antony"
● "valiant"
● "his legs bestrid the ocean" (power)
● "he was as rattling thunder" (as strong as thunder)
● "painted one way like a Gorgon.." (gorgon= nobility, warrior)
Mark Antony weaknesses
● "a strumpet's fool"
● "a man who is abstract of all faults"
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