Shakespeare‚ Scene 1 shows the 2nd Triumvirate of Mark Antony‚ Octavius Caesar‚ and Marcus Lepidus composing a list of people who need to be killed. Caesar has been assassinated‚ and Antony has started a civil war against the conspirators to avenge Caesar’s death. He has formed a triumvirate with Octavius Caesar‚ Caesar’s adopted son‚ and Marcus Lepidus‚ a close friend and ally of Caesar. The triumvirate is supposed to share power equally‚ but Antony is taking advantage of Lepidus’s stupidity to gain
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is discovered. At this point her mummy has never been found and many questions still remain unanswered about her death. Historians argue that she either committed suicide during a point of extreme sadness after the death of her beloved husband‚ Mark Antony‚ or was murdered by one of her many enemies. Her beauty‚ intelligence‚ charisma and power weren’t favored by everyone that knew her and made her a target of hatred. The name Cleopatra was given to many princesses of the Ptolemies‚ the Greek family
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in the Nile while fleeing from Cleopatra’s army. A year or 2 later she gave birth to Caesars child which she named Caesarian; meaning‚ “Little Caesar”. After Caesar was murdered a few years later‚ Cleopatra returned to Egypt. While in Egypt‚ Mark Antony called for Cleopatra and upon meeting her‚ fell in love. This started the second greatest love affair in Cleopatra’s life‚ although thanks to Shakespeare‚ is her most famous. Together they had three children together. It is speculated that their
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willing to go to extreme measures to make sure their business is flourishing. Act 4 Scene 1 Antony: These are the guys we’re killing. I’ve marked their names on the list. Octavius: (to Lepidus) You know we’re going to have to kill your brother too‚ right? Lepidus: I agree— Octavius: Mark his name on the list too then Antony. Lepidus: Only if your sister’s son‚ Publius‚ dies too‚ Mark Antony. Antony: He will. I’ve already marked his name on the list. But‚ Lepidus‚ go to Julius’ house now. You
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is assassinated shortly thereafter‚ and his paramour returns to Egypt. When Mark Antony‚ Caesar’s protege‚ beholds Cleopatra aboard her barque at Tarsus some years later‚ he is smitten and becomes both her lover and military ally. Their liaison notwithstanding‚ Antony‚ to consolidate his position in Rome‚ marries Octavia‚ sister of the ambitious Octavian. The marriage satisfies no one: Cleopatra is infuriated‚ and Antony‚ tiring of his Roman wife‚ returns to Egypt. There he flaunts his liaison by
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one of them is cassus ‚ he is not a close friend ‚ Caesar even reveled to Antony that he does not trust Cassus " he is to lean and thin " but he never suspects cassus to kill him . cassus uses his cunning to act nice to ceasar and visits his house at the 15th if march . He also refers to him as “most mighty”. This made Caesar more comfortable with him and he trusted him more. A very close friend of Caesar is Mark Antony‚ he is a Youngman given to sports and games ‚ and merrymaking in general
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Mark Anthony for President Phipps Marvil Although Marc Anthony is as a noble roman‚ a soldier‚ and a statesman‚ he is too judgmental‚ a playboy‚ but more importantly‚ passions influence him too easily‚ which won’t allow him to be the truly great and stable minded leader‚ Rome required at that point in history. Marc Anthony demonstrates many good qualities that would make him a good president in Julius Caesar. His most defining characteristic is that he is able to unite
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Carton goes to the guillotine to save the life of the husband of the woman Carton loves. Pride is the harbinger of destruction. Julius Caesar well knows that Cassius poses a threat to him. In Act I‚ Caesar‚ upon noticing Cassius in a crowd‚ tells Antony: “Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. / He thinks too much: such men are dangerous” (1. 2. 204-205) In other words‚ Cassius is hungry for revolution‚ reprisal‚ against the man he envies; he would bring him to ruin. Nevertheless‚ Caesar says he
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Romans wrote the majority of the historical information that survived as propaganda‚ citing her influence on the Roman leaders Julius Caesar and Mark Antony as a great threat to Rome’s future. Cleopatra’s involvement with two of the most powerful men of her time led to her depiction as an Egyptian seductress. Whether Cleopatra seduced Caesar and Antony simply to guarantee her throne or she genuinely had affection for them both may never be known‚ however Goldsworthy states “We use Cleopatra as we
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crucial character in understanding William Shakespeare’s‚ ‘Antony and Cleopatra’. Whilst the majority of Shakespeare’s characters within this play are based heavily on their descriptions as they appear in Plutarch’s‚ ‘Lives’ Enobarbus is contrastingly a character who is almost entirely formed from Shakespeare’s own imagination‚ this being testimony to Enobarbus’ dramatic necessity. He is valued not only as a subordinate officer to Mark Antony but equally as a close friend giving him a unique social
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