1. Pay particular attention on the overarching theme of display, ostentation, performativity, showing off, consciousness of being seen, emotional excess, restraint (and lack of it) and visual expression. Note how almost all of this plays out in public; Antony and Cleopatra are almost never alone by themselves on stage.
2. Look at the theme of messages, rumors, how they are used to influence and manipulate, and how they can be misunderstood or misread.
3. What does it mean to be “Roman” in the play? Who says what about being “Roman”?
4. How does Shakespeare characterize Octavius (Octavian)? How is he a foil for Antony? How is Octavia a foil for Cleopatra?
5. Pay attention to the minor character Enobarbus. I’ve told you before that even “unimportant” characters in Shakespeare are always important in their own way. Enobarbus arguably has his own miniature tragedy within the greater play of Antony and Cleopatra. In the Plutarch biography of Antony that Shakespeare took as his starting point, Enobarbus shows up only once. Shakespeare then turns him into a fully formed, dramatic figure with a compelling story of his own on stage.
Write 1-2 single-spaced pages on any 2 of the topics I listed above.
Try to keep your own personal subjectivities out of your investigation of WHAT Shakespeare does and HOW he does it. He takes Plutarch’s biography of Antony (via Sir Thomas North’s famous English translation) and turns it into a 5-act play with narrative tension and grand characterization. We are trying to look into HOW he does it.
https://www.folgerdigitaltexts.org/?chapter=5&play=Ant&loc=p7
https://www.ancient.eu/plutarch/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-North
https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/norths-translation-of-plutarchs-lives#
https://www.bl.uk/shakespeare/articles/what-the-romans-did-for-shakespeare-rome-and-roman-values-in-shakespeares-plays
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