Dec 17, 2009

Antony and Cleopatra | Pompey (Character Analysis)

Sextus Pompeius, as he is formally known, is the son of Pompey the Great, who was, historically, a leading senator and one of Rome's most famous generals. Pompey the Great regarded Julius Caesar as a tyrant; he was killed by members of Caesar's political faction. In Antony and Cleopatra, Pompey carries on his father's opposition to the triumvirate. Like his father, he has been proscribed—that is, condemned as outside the law—and his financial estate has been confiscated by the government. His defiance of the triumvirs appears to be motivated by a combination of revenge for his...