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1. Antony and Cleopatra: Introduction
2. William Shakespeare Biography
3. Reading Shakespeare
4. List of Characters
5. Historical Background
6. Summary
7. Summary and Analysis
8. Quizzes
9. Themes
10. Character Analysis
11. Principal Topics
12. Essays
13. Selected Quotes
14. Criticism
15. Suggested Essay Topics
16. Sample Essay Outlines
17. Modern Connections
18. Pictures
    1. Illustration: Cleopatra and her court
    2. Illustration: Cleopatra and the Soothsayer
    3. Illustration: Antony and Charmian
    4. Illustration: Octavious and Lepidus discuss Sextus Pompeius' challenge
    5. Illustration: Pompey's men discuss situation in Messina
    6. Illustration: Lepidus urging Antony and Octavius not to quarrel
    7. Illustration: Predictions of Ledipus' demise in Pompey's galley
    8. Illustration: Antony's troops bear the body of Pacorus as a symbol of victory
    9. Illustration: Cleopatra and Antony at Antony's camp in Actium, Greece
    10. Illustration: Cleopatra and Enobarbus discuss defeating Octavius
    11. Illustration: Antony and Cleopatra conflict aboard the Pelopponesus
    12. Illustration: Antony ordering Thidias to be whipped
    13. Illustration: Antony showing emotion toward Cleopatra at Thidias' whipping
    14. Illustration: Antony addressing his troops before battle
    15. Illustration: Antony's premature celebration of victory with Scarrus and Cleopatra
    16. Illustration: Cleopatra and Antony's final words at her monument before he dies
    17. Illustration: Antony tries to commit suicide after Eros kills himself
    18. Illustration: Guard saving Cleopatra from killing herself
    19. Illustration: Cleopatra dancing with asps brought to kill her and her servants
    20. Illustration: Dolabella finds Cleopatra and her servants dead
    21. Iras, Soothsayer, Charmian, Mardian, and Alexas in Stratford Festival production (1967)
    22. Battle scene in Stratford Festival production (1967)
    23. Attendant, Alexas, Mardian, Charmian, Iras, and Cleopatra in Stratford Festival production (1993)
    24. Lepidus, Octavius Caesar, Antony, soldier, Sextus Pompeius, Maecenas, Menas, Agrippa, and Dolabella in Stratford Festival production (1976)
    25. Antony, Cleopatra, Eros, Charmian, and Iras by Henry Tresham
    26. Antony, Cleopatra, and attendant
    27. Charlton Heston and Garrick Hagan in film adaptation (1973)
19. FAQs
20. Bibliography and Further Reading
21. Copyright

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