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Antony and Cleopatra: Annotated

William Shakespeare

Antony and Cleopatra: Annotated

eBook ( Dec. 29, 2018)
Antony and Cleopatra is a disaster by William Shakespeare. It was first imprinted in the First Folio of 1623.

The plot depends on Thomas North's interpretation of Plutarch's Life of Markus Antonius and pursues the connection among Cleopatra and Mark Antony from the season of the Parthian War to Cleopatra's suicide. The significant rival is Octavius Caesar, one of Antony's kindred triumvirs and the future first head of Rome. The catastrophe is a Roman play described by quick, all encompassing movements in topographical areas and in registers, shifting back and forth between exotic, inventive Alexandria and the more down to business, severe Rome. Many consider the job of Cleopatra in this play a standout amongst the most mind boggling female jobs in Shakespeare's work. She is every now and again vain and theatrical, inciting a crowd of people nearly to despise; in the meantime, Shakespeare's endeavors contribute both her and Antony with grievous loftiness. These conflicting highlights have prompted broadly isolated basic reactions.
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329

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