What is Lost and what is Gained by Antony in the Play

... What is Lost and what is Gained by Antony in the Play Throughout the play Antony finds himself torn between the Rome of his duty and the Alexandria of his pleasure. He does not know whether to give in to his personal pleasures or maintain his status and fulfil his obligations to the state of Rome. He plays into Cleopatra's hands, who takes over his better judgement turning him from the "Demi-Atlas of this world" to a "strumpet's fool". Even Caesar complemented Antony on how great a soldier he was, "Was borne so like a soldier that thy cheek so much as lanked not." There is also a great clash between the East and West. The Romans are angry towards the East (mainly at Cleopatra) for taking away one of their greatest leaders and generals. They think of Cleopatra merely as a whore with a flair for drama (In the

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