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Antony and Cleopatra

by William Shakespeare

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How is Dryden’s All for Love different than Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra?

If someone were to interview Cleopatra, what questions should they ask her?

What are some tragic elements of the play Antony and Cleopatra?

Contrast the characters of Octavius Caesar and Mark Antony. What is the major theme of the play Antony and Cleopatra?

What are the conventions of comedy and tragedy in Shakespeare or literature in general?

What is the audience's first impression of Cleopatra and her empire in Antony and Cleopatra?

Discuss Antony and Cleopatra as an historical play.

In Antony and Cleopatra, Cleopatra says "I have immortal longings in me." What is the meaning of this line especially?

What is the setting in Shakespeare's play, Antony and Cleopatra?

Is Antony and Cleopatra written in verse form or prose?

In Act 1, Scene 5 of Antony and Cleopatra, what figurative devices are used to highlight the theme or message of the piece?

How does Shakespeare represent women in Antony and Cleopatra?

What can be gleaned from Shakespeare's drama about one of its protagonists, Cleopatra?

To what does Antony compare Lepidus?

Why are Antony and Cleopatra attracted to each other?

What is the role of Octavia in Antony and Cleopatra?

What are the symbolic differences between Rome and Egypt in Shakespeare's Antony And Cleopatra? 

In Act 1 of Antony and Cleopatra, Cleopatra is “cunning past man’s thought,” but Antony is aware and engages in many a battle of wills with Cleopatra. In which scene does Cleopatra win such a battle? When does Antony win? How does the status of each person shift when they are together? What “weapons” does each use to gain status?  

What is A. C. Bradley's opinion of how Shakespeare portrays Cleopatra's character in Antony and Cleopatra?

Discuss the role of Enobarbus as a chorus in Antony and Cleopatra.

Compare Hamlet and Antony as tragic heroes.

In what ways does Shakespeare juxtapose the settings of Rome and Egypt in Antony and Cleopatra?

Is Antony and Cleopatra a defective tragedy? Discuss.

Is Cleopatra a victim of love, or is she a wicked enchantress?

Analysis on how Octavius Caesar developed as a character in Antony and Cleopatra.

In the play Antony and Cleopatra, does Cleopatra betray Antony?

What vision of war does Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra give to the reader/spectator? Compare this version of war to that in Henry V and analyze them.

Discuss Antony and Cleopatra as a tragedy of heroic action in a post-heroic world. Please include the ideas of heroism and Orientalism.

What are some motifs in Antony and Cleopatra?

What is the main theme in Antony and Cleopatra?

Using four different points, explain how Enobarbus describes Cleopatra in a memorable way in Antony and Cleopatra.

What do think is Shakespeare’s final message on the value systems the two locations Rome and Egypt represent in Antony and Cleopatra?

Can you give me a description of the characters of Antony and Cleopatra?

Where are some instances of the fishing motif in this play? For instance, Cleopatra acts as a bait when she flees on the first sea battle in which Antony follows her and loses the battle to Caesar.  I need specific instances, lines, or words regarding the fishing motif.

To what extent is the sentiment attributed to Machiavelli that "the ends justify the means" regarding the nature of power reflected through Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra?

The final act shows Cleopatra resolved to die. Explain why Cleopatra death becomes the climax of the play Antony and Cleopatra?

Can you talk please about the relationship between Antony and Cleopatra?

Can you explain Cleopatra's monologue in Act 1, scene 5 of Anthony and Cleopatra?

What quotes suggest Cleopatra's madness?

How is the character of Antony characterized in Antony and Cleopatra?

How would you describe Octavius Caesar in Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare?

Show how Shakespeare develops the contrast between the characters of Caesar and Antony in Act 2.

Summarize the article "Antony & Cleopatra; Gorgon or Mars, Whore or Goddess" by Gillian M. E. Alban. What are some of the main points and ideas about characters in the play that an essay based on this article could discuss?

Comment on and analyze this quote from Act 1, Scene 1 of Antony and Cleopatra in regards to the theme of love. Let Rome in Tiber melt, and the wide arch Of the rang'd empire fall! Here is my space, Kingdoms are clay; our dungy earth alike Feeds beast as man. Tho nobelest of life is to do thus

I am giving an oral report on Shakespeare's play Antony and Cleopatra, but I don't understand what Cleopatra means when she says, "Give me my robe, put on my crown."

In Antony and Cleopatra and Pericles, how is the theme of love unfolded, how is it the same, how is it different, and does it overlap?

Please talk about the clash between Egypt and Rome in Antony and Cleopatra.

In describing Cleopatra's barge, Enobarbus says "the oars were silver." Would oars made of silver even possible, or is silver too malleable a metal for that purpose? Or do you think he is merely implying that the oars were painted silver? I am trying to decide whether this whole description is meant to be taken seriously or is partly a deliberate exaggeration on the part of Enobarbus.

How do I cite Antony and Cleopatra in MLA format?