Antony and Cleopatra : notes, including life of Shakespeare, brief plot synopsis, list of chatacters, summaries and commentaries, character analyses, questions for review, selected bibliography

The dilemma between heart, head, romance, and ambition has not been told with such elegance and depth as in Shakespeare's play. With revelries of poetic love and the drudgery of tragedy, this drama of the Egyptian queen and the Roman military leader is actually a microcosm of life. ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA......Page 2 LIFE AND BACKGROUND OF THE PLAYWRIGHT......Page 3 A BRIEF SYNOPSIS......Page 5 Dercetas......Page 6 Alexas......Page 7 ACT I--SCENE 1......Page 8 ACT I--SCENE 2......Page 10 ACT I--SCENE 3......Page 11 ACT I--SCENE 4......Page 12 ACT I--SCENE 5......Page 13 ACT II--SCENE 1......Page 14 ACT II--SCENE 2......Page 15 ACT II--SCENE 3......Page 17 ACT II--SCENE 5......Page 18 ACT II--SCENE 6......Page 19 ACT III--SCENE 1......Page 20 ACT III--SCENE 2......Page 21 ACT III-SCENE 4......Page 23 ACT III--SCENE 6......Page 24 ACT III--SCENE 7......Page 25 ACT III--SCENE 10......Page 26 ACT III--SCENE 12......Page 27 ACT III--SCENE 13......Page 28 ACT IV--SCENE 1......Page 29 ACT IV--SCENE 4......Page 30 ACT IV--SCENE 6......Page 31 ACT IV--SCENE 9......Page 32 ACT IV--SCENE 12......Page 33 ACT IV--SCENE 14......Page 34 ACT V--SCENE 2......Page 35 ANTONY......Page 37 CLEOPATRA......Page 38 OCTAVIUS CAESAR......Page 39 ESSAY TOPICS AND REVIEW QUESTIONS......Page 40 GENERAL SHAKESPEARE BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 41 SELECTED ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 42 Includes introduction, scene-by-scene synopses and character sketches