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Antony and Cleopatra, by William Shakespeare Essay 2 Question: Discuss the presentation and dynamics of the triumvirate. In Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, the presentation and development of the relationships among the triumvirs, Caesar, Antony and Lepidus becomes a pivotal concern. As the play progresses, the dynamics of the triumvirate changes and becomes more complicated, providing the audience with the main political conflict that sometimes overshadows the romance of the title characters in the play. Shakespeare provides the audience with several different images of the triumvirate through different characters. The play's first mentioning of the triumvirate is, in essence, a masculine Roman perspective of a soldier. This is brought about through Philo and Demetrius in the opening act of the play with both the characters remaining anonymous to the audience. Therefore, they represent the 'common liar' among the Roman soldiers about the triumvirate. Philo's first introduction of the triumvirate to the audience comes in his...

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