In this essay, I’m going to explore the perspectives on death and dying in Shakespeare’s time and today, specifically, in his play “Antony and Cleopatra”. Tudor and Elizabethan poets exalted the virtues of suicide if committed in preservation of one’s honor. While the cause of...
The play Antony and Cleopatra, written by William Shakespeare, there is a sharp contrast between the Roman and Egyptian worlds. By evaluating the aspects of conflict between these cultures it will demonstrate that Antony and Cleopatra are victims of their circumstances. The extreme conflict of...
Johnson wrote in his preface to The Plays of William Shakespeare that Shakespeare creates “a faithful mirror of manners and of life”[1]. However, passive reflection is not necessarily the limit of the involvement of Shakespeare’s plays in social commentary. Antony and Cleopatra is a subtly...
Cleopatra and Gertrude’s sexuality is displayed throughout Shakespeare’s plays, involving nearly every character and therefore is central to the plot. Gertrude’s sexuality is the first reason that is driving Hamlet crazy and therefore distracting him from his plot for revenge. She is looked down upon...
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