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"A better title for this play would be 'Cleopatra and Antony' because Cleopatra is a dominant character throughout. Indeed, it might simply be called 'Cleopatra'". How far do you agree? How would a Jacobean audience react to her strength of character?
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"A better title for this play would be 'Cleopatra and Antony' because Cleopatra is a dominant character throughout. Indeed, it might simply be called 'Cleopatra'". How far do you agree? How would a Jacobean audience react to her strength of character? Shakespeare structured 'Antony and Cleopatra' to mirror a historic love affair between two great characters of the past. This love affair develops into the most explosive and destructive love story, both Antony and Cleopatra finding themselves trapped between passion and logic, they both prove their limitless love by the ultimate sacrifices they make, Antony's downfall at the hands of Caesar and Cleopatra losing her beloved Egypt, both dying a 'noble' death as the last tragedy of them all. Cleopatra's dominancy can be proved by how even when not in a scene she holds this incredible power over what is happening, for example, in Act Two, Scene Two Cleopatra's determination to...
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