ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (by Wlliam Shakespeare)
GENRE: Tragedy
STRUCTURE: It's divided in five acts
NARRATOR: Third person narrator and dialogues
THEMES: Love, revenge, ambition
PLOT: Antony is in Alexandria because he fell in love with Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt. Antony is the triumvir in Rome with Octavius Caesar and Lepidus and he had to govern the Egypt. When he returned to Rome he discovered that Fulvia, his wife, was dead, so he married Octavia; but when Cleopatra discovered this marriage, she got angry and when Antony came back to Egypt, crowned Cleopatra and himself as rulers of Egypt. So started a war between Rome and Antony, wich finished with the battle of Actium . Antony and Cleopatra were defeated and during the siege of Alexandria, Antony knew the false notice that Cleopatra was dead, so he killed himself. When Cleopatra discovered this, she killed herself whit venomous asps.
PERSONAL COMMENT: i very loked reading this book. It is one of the most famous Shakespeare's tragediesand it talks about a story full of love, a relationship between two of the most important people of the world during those years. I also like a lot historical novels and I think we can consider this tragedy an historical written with dialogues.
Pasquale Lo Nigro
I like very much this book. I agree with your opinion. This is a very beautiful love story. But I don't like the end,because the love story can't go on. Thanks to the love story I have appreciated the historical context. Another aspect I like is the different cultures of Antony and Cleopatra. Two opposite cultures linked to the love of the two. Maria Emanuella Lorusso.
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