![]() In this inexpensive edition, it will enthrall students of drama and literature, poetry lovers, and all who appreciate Shakespeare's art.Ĭopyright © 1998 by Dover Publications, Inc. ![]() Octavius declares war on the lovers, forcing them into a battle for world domination with dramatic and unforgettable consequences.īrimming with Shakespeare's matchless poetry, Antony and Cleopatra is one of the world's great plays. This bond shatters when he returns to Cleopatra's side. ![]() After ignoring increasingly urgent demands by his co-ruler, Octavius Caesar, for his return to Rome, Antony reluctantly obeys at last, marrying Octavius's sister and forming a fragile political alliance. In the latter milieu Antony lingers, shamed by his overwhelming passion for Cleopatra yet irresistibly drawn toward love as a source of vitality and renewal. The action of the play ranges from Alexandria and Rome to Syria and Athens, from the rugged quarters of military camps to the luxurious atmosphere of the Egyptian court. ![]() ![]() In this extraordinary play, one of Shakespeare's finest tragedies, a once-great general finds himself torn between his duty to the Roman Empire and his passionate attachment to Cleopatra, the alluring "Queen of the Nile." In depicting the collision of two contrasting cultures - Antony's world of political conniving and the hedonistic pleasures of Cleopatra's court - the playwright portrays a timeless paradox of human nature, the quest for seemingly irreconcilable goals. ![]()
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