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    Antony and Cleopatra

    tragedy

    Antony and Cleopatra is one of Shakespeare's great tragedies, sweeping between Rome and Egypt. Mark Antony, one of the three rulers of Rome, has fallen for Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt, and keeps abandoning his duties to be with her. As the younger, colder Octavius Caesar tightens his grip on power, Antony is torn between love and the empire, and slowly loses both. When the two lovers are finally cornered, they choose to die on their own terms rather than live under Caesar.

    ▸SCENE I. Alexandria. A room in CLEOPATRA's palace.▸SCENE II. The same. Another room.▸SCENE III. The same. Another room.▸SCENE IV. Rome. OCTAVIUS CAESAR's house.▸SCENE V. Alexandria. CLEOPATRA's palace.

    ▸SCENE I. Messina. POMPEY's house.▸SCENE II. Rome. The house of LEPIDUS.▸SCENE III. The same. OCTAVIUS CAESAR's house.▸SCENE IV. The same. A street.▸SCENE V. Alexandria. CLEOPATRA's palace.▸SCENE VI. Near Misenum.▸SCENE VII. On board POMPEY's galley, off Misenum.

    ▸SCENE I. A plain in Syria.▸SCENE II. Rome. An ante-chamber in OCTAVIUS CAESAR's house.▸SCENE III. Alexandria. CLEOPATRA's palace.▸SCENE IV. Athens. A room in MARK ANTONY's house.▸SCENE V. The same. Another room.▸SCENE VI. Rome. OCTAVIUS CAESAR's house.▸SCENE VII. Near Actium. MARK ANTONY's camp.▸SCENE VIII. A plain near Actium.▸SCENE IX. Another part of the plain.▸SCENE X. Another part of the plain.▸SCENE XI. Alexandria. CLEOPATRA's palace.▸SCENE XII. Egypt. OCTAVIUS CAESAR's camp.▸SCENE XIII. Alexandria. CLEOPATRA's palace.

    ▸SCENE I. Before Alexandria. OCTAVIUS CAESAR's camp.▸SCENE II. Alexandria. CLEOPATRA's palace.▸SCENE III. The same. Before the palace.▸SCENE IV. The same. A room in the palace.▸SCENE V. Alexandria. MARK ANTONY's camp.▸SCENE VI. Alexandria. OCTAVIUS CAESAR's camp.▸SCENE VII. Field of battle between the camps.▸SCENE VIII. Under the walls of Alexandria.▸SCENE IX. OCTAVIUS CAESAR's camp.▸SCENE X. Between the two camps.▸SCENE XI. Another part of the same.▸SCENE XII. Another part of the same.▸SCENE XIII. Alexandria. Cleopatra's palace.▸SCENE XIV. The same. Another room.▸SCENE XV. The same. A monument.

    ▸SCENE I. Alexandria. OCTAVIUS CAESAR's camp.▸SCENE II. Alexandria. A room in the monument.

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    AntonyRoman triumvir and generalCleopatraQueen of EgyptOctavius CaesarRoman triumvir, later Augustus CaesarEnobarbusAntony's most trusted general

    Famous Quotes

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    “Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety.”

    Enobarbus — Act 2, Scene 2

    “The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold.”

    Enobarbus — Act 2, Scene 2

    “Other women cloy The appetites they feed: but she makes hungry Where most she satisfies.”

    Enobarbus — Act 2, Scene 2

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