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I wasn't sure whether you were talking about the text or the movie, so...

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:41:48 PST

I wasn't sure whether you were talking about the text or the movie, so here's both: Movie Version http://www.amazon.com/Antony-Cleopatra-Literary-Masterpieces-VHS/dp/078400174X Text Version: This version is fairly cheap and available online for extra help. http://www.diesel-ebooks.com/cgi-bin/item/parent-9780812969184/Antony-and-Cleopatra-eBook.html

Which version is this text of Antony and Cleopatra by W. Shakespeare?

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:24:03 PST

Which version is this text of Antony and Cleopatra by W. Shakespeare?

In the ancient world, there were many cities. During Anthony's day, we...

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:09:57 PST

In the ancient world, there were many cities. During Anthony's day, we can say that world was an urban one. A visit to modern day Turkey will show this point very clearly (Ephesus, Pergamum, Alexandria to name a few). Here are few points to consider when talking about cities. 1. Some cities were very large. Rome probably had about 1,000,000 people. Alexandria probably had about 500,000, and Ephesus probably had about 200,000. These are all...

how are the ideas of honour,nobility and loyalty dealt with in antony...

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:08:50 PST

how are the ideas of honour,nobility and loyalty dealt with in antony and cleopatra

Octavias role- Apart from being a (failing)symbol of peace and unity...

Wed, 9 Sep 2009 06:11:04 PST

Octavias role- Apart from being a (failing)symbol of peace and unity between Antony and Octavian, what other roles does she hold?

It seems in the play that Cleopatra is a scheming and manipulative...

Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:19:22 PST

It seems in the play that Cleopatra is a scheming and manipulative courtesan who had blatantly used Anthony for her own purpose and desire, the queen that Anthony nearly risked his reputation to help her. She has been nicknamed "whore", "slave", "wrangling queen" and many more by others and also an "enchantress" which had made Anthony the "noble ruin of her magic". She is trying to use power and tricks to get close to him and dominate over the...

Proculeius proves equal to this task, telling Cleopatra that she will be...

Sat, 25 Jul 2009 23:54:29 PST

Proculeius proves equal to this task, telling Cleopatra that she will be treated with dignity, but as Roman soldiers appear to place her under guard, she realizes that the man whom Antony believed trustworthy has deceived her. so his dying advice to Cleopatra was not valid. He told Cleopatra to trust no one except Proculeius but he betrayed her, so everything is just a lie

You could write a doctoral thesis on Shakespeare’s attitude towards...

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 08:14:15 PST

You could write a doctoral thesis on Shakespeare’s attitude towards women there is so much contrasting material to work with. The one thing that is beyond doubt is that he never described them as equals, even though he created such strong characters as Helena (All’s Well That Ends Well) and Beatrice (Much Ado about Nothing). The contrast between Rome and Egypt in Anthony and Cleopatra is very much one of masculine versus feminine. Octavius...

Rome was a “masculine” city with an emphasis on honor and duty. How...

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:52:12 PST

Rome was a “masculine” city with an emphasis on honor and duty. How about West Point or one of those towns in the Northeast United States? Or possibly a Swiss town like Zurich? Egypt was a “feminine” country with an emphasis on pleasure and personal freedom. How about somewhere in Southern California?

The better answer may be that Anthony is infatuated with Cleopatra. The...

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:44:36 PST

The better answer may be that Anthony is infatuated with Cleopatra. The word “love” is loaded. Was he “in love” with Cleopatra when he married Octavia? When he assumed she had betrayed him at Actium? Or, as some suggested at the time, was the only person that Anthony truly loved himself?

It was to give an impression that the audience receiving in this play is...

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:48:07 PST

It was to give an impression that the audience receiving in this play is of historical acts flying at a very fast pace and with a global scope as the action shifts from many countries, including Egypt, Rome and Greece. It is trying to give brief details and not give a long, drab dreary details that would bore the audience to death but give summary to keep their attention. If they give long details, it may lead up to 101 acts and that would be...

He loves Cleopatra as he was bewitched by her witchcraft and influenced...

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:42:25 PST

He loves Cleopatra as he was bewitched by her witchcraft and influenced him to loving her, meaning under influence by her spell, so even though Cleopatra keeps on manipulating him, he would not care and still love her. Also, despite his marriage to her sister, he still feel the force of attraction of her and her pleasures in the East

Scarrus is one of Antony's most enthusiastic and martial supporters. He...

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:56:00 PST

Scarrus is one of Antony's most enthusiastic and martial supporters. He is thus dumbfounded when Antony abandons the sea battle against Caesar to follow the retreating Cleopatra and her ships. Denouncing Cleopatra to his fellow soldiers, Scarrus lets loose with a string of insults that are strongly gender-based, calling her a "nag" and a "cow," indicating that he suspects Cleopatra has weakened the manliness of his master Antony: Yon...

Why, according to Scarrus, is Antony’s naval retreat an action of shame?

Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:43:35 PST

Why, according to Scarrus, is Antony’s naval retreat an action of shame?

please tell me about the 11 elements in anthony and cleopatra story such...

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 06:08:00 PST

please tell me about the 11 elements in anthony and cleopatra story such as genre, setting, etc

What modern cities remind you of Rome and Alexandria in Antony and...

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 16:32:04 PST

What modern cities remind you of Rome and Alexandria in Antony and Cleopatra? Why?

What is Philo's interpretation of Antony's character in Shakespeare's...

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:40:37 PST

What is Philo's interpretation of Antony's character in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra?

This question needs to be on the discussion board, because it calls for...

Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:07:30 PST

This question needs to be on the discussion board, because it calls for an opinion rather than a factual answer. I thoroughly disagree with the premise that Antony's qualities are preferable to Caesar's. Antony was a womanizing drunkard. Caesar had his share of women, and you can't forget that he had a child with Cleopatra while married to Calpurnia. But Caesar didn't use women as bargaining chips. He seems to have genuinely cared for the...

Better to be Antony and lose than Ceasar and win: Do you agree that...

Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:00:55 PST

Better to be Antony and lose than Ceasar and win: Do you agree that Antony's qualities, despite his disgrace, are preferable to those of Caesar?

Although Shakespeare makes use of metaphor, personification, and...

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:05:10 PST

Although Shakespeare makes use of metaphor, personification, and apostrophe in this scene, his main element of figurative language proves to be hyperbole. Antony and Cleopatra, after all, is a love story. What better way to highlight this theme than with a scene of Cleopatra doting on her absent lover, Antony. This is exactly what is happening in Act 1, Scene 5 of the play. Shakespeare uses many metaphors here, such as when Cleopatra...