English Literature / Unit 7 ENL 0617 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Antony and Cleopatra
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The idea
Based on North's translation of Plutarch, Antony and Cleopatra follows the Roman general and the Egyptian queen from the Sicilian revolt to Cleopatra's suicide after Actium, with Octavius Caesar as antagonist. Enobarbus says of her, "Age cannot wither her."
In practice
Rome against Egypt, duty against love.
Where people slip
The play spans many places and years.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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