Discuss the dominant images in this play. For example, discuss the imagery of the world, of vastness of the heavens and explain how Shakespeare uses them to create characters who are larger than life.

Renaissance astrological symbols are prominent in Shakespeare's time, Antony and Cleopatra uses elements like Fire is represented by energy, dynamism, lust and life force. Air was balanced, humane and intelligent. Water represented profound feeling, intuition, and divination. Earth stood for rationality, decorum, order, realism. All of these relate to the thematic narratives of the play.