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Antony and Cleopatra Study Guide

by William Shakespeare

Antony and Cleopatra study guide contains a biography of William Shakespeare, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

Act One. Attended by Egyptian and Romans at Cleopatra's palace in Alexandria, Antony and Cleopatra are the celebrity couple of the known world. Antony's men watch disapprovingly as, from their perspective, a mighty Roman general is reduced to a whore's fool. But Antony and Cleopatra themselves seem above this crude appraisal, and their love affair is full of drama, extravagant gestures, and decadence. Absorbed in the luxuriant life of the East and his passion for Cleopatra, Antony ignores his duties as triumvir [see character list] until affairs reach a boiling point. Their idyllic life is interrupted when Antony receives bad news from different parts of the empire. His wife Fulvia and his brother have made war on Octavius, his fellow…

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• Antony and Cleopatra Summary
• About Antony and Cleopatra
• Character List
• Major Themes
• Summary and Analysis of Act One, Scenes 1-3
• Summary and Analysis of Act One, Scenes 4-5
• Summary and Analysis of Act Two, Scenes 1-5
• Summary and Analysis of Act Two, Scenes 6-7
• Summary and Analysis of Act Three, Scenes 1-6
• Summary and Analysis of Act Three, Scenes 7-13
• Summary and Analysis of Act Four, Scenes 1-11
• Summary and Analysis of Act Four, Scenes 12-15
• Summary and Analysis of Act Five, Scenes 1-2
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• Test Yourself! - Quiz 1
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 2
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• Antony and Cleopatra: Questions
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• William Shakespeare: Biography