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How does Shakespeare bring alive the contrasting worlds of Egypt and Rome alive to us in the play? You should ensure that your answer makes detailed reference to at least two specific scenes.
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How does Shakespeare bring alive the contrasting worlds of Egypt and Rome alive to us in the play? You should ensure that your answer makes detailed reference to at least two specific scenes. In Act I of this play the audience is given a clear picture of the difference between Rome and Egypt, Shakespeare shows this through the differences in language used by the character's in each 'world'. Act I, Scene 1 is set in Egypt, and is opened by Philo, a friend to Caesar, who gives a very negative view of Antony's behaviour whilst in Egypt. Philo can be seen to be representing the common gossip in Rome at the time. He talks about how Antony was a great soldier, but has since become a 'strumpet's fool': "His captain's heart, which in scuffles of great fights hath burst the buckles on his breast, reneges in temper, and is become...
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