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    Mark Antony fell in love with Queen Cleopatra. She gave birth to twins‚ Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene. Antony had to go back to Rome and leave his new family. The Senate made Antony marry Octavian’s sister Octavia Minor. Cleopatra had a third child named Ptolemy Philadelphus. In 32 B.C. Antony divorced Octavia so Octavian declared war on Egypt. Cleopatra and Antony’s combined forces lost to Octavian. Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide together by getting bitten by a poisonous

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    Essay Question: Critical response: 1000wds How successful have the texts you have studied been in presenting ideas about choice?  In your response refer to Antony and Cleopatra and two related texts of your own choosing. You may use one related text that was studied in class if you wish. Choice is defined as an act of selecting or making a decision when faced with two or more possibilities. Chance is defined as a possibility of something happening. To be able to choose something is a much broader

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    The original 1677 production by the King’s Company starred Charles Hart as Marc Antony and Elizabeth Boutell as Cleopatra‚ with Michael Mohun as Ventidius and Katherine Corey as Octavia.[2] All for Love; also called‚ The World Well Lost is a tragedy by John Dryden‚ first acted and printed in 1677. Dryden deals in this play with the same subject as that of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. Whilst‚ however‚ the elder poet "diffused the action of his play over Italy‚ Greece‚ and Egypt‚" Dryden laid

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    Ancient Egypt Introduction Have you ever wondered about Ancient Egypt and its greatest mysteries? Have you ever wondered about the rulers or gods and goddesses? Have you wanted to know more about the wars and weapons that the ancient people used? Have you ever wanted to know why Hatshepsut was pharaoh even though she wasn’t a man? Do you want to know about how Ancient Egyptians worshipped their gods and goddesses? All of these topics are amazing and will interest you. There are different theories

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    play ‘Antony and Cleopatra’‚ the film ‘Star Wars - A New Hope’ and the novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone". An aspect explored in the three texts is how power is gained‚ and one way of achieving that is through military power and in Antony and Cleopatra Octavius

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    demise of many‚ as shown in Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra. Romeo and Juliet additionally show through their suicidal impulses that adolescent love can often be hasty and careless. Shakespeare links a self-destructive tendency with love as shown by the suicidal impulses Romeo and Juliet exhibit‚ which reveals the instability that characterizes young love. First off‚ Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet to show how destructive

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    through many struggles with him‚ causing war and hatred to spread throughout the empire. He later committed suicide because Octavian spread rumors about him and turned Rome against him. Following his defeat by Octavian at the Battle of Actium‚ he and Cleopatra‚ who Mark Antony loved‚ killed themselves‚ and Octavian took over. About Mark Antony Mark Antony’s name was Marcus Antonius‚ which is pronounced Mark Antony in the english language. Mark Antony was born around 83 B.E.C. Both

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    Part 1 It is good practice to quote the question – it helps with focus Plutarch’s view of Cleopatra and Antony’s relationship is likely to be a biased one; given his background as a Greek with Roman citizenship (http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/465201/Plutarch - Accessed 6th November 2008)‚ Roman opinions will have influenced him. Also‚ Plutarch was writing over 100 years after Cleopatra’s death; his passage cannot be a primary source. It’s almost immediately clear from this passage

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    Ptolemy was a generous and a loving ruler. He was born on 62 BCE and he died 47 BCE. Ptolemy was married to Cleopatra VII‚ his older sister. He ruled during the Ptolemaic dynasty. During his ruling he went to war with Julius Caesar and his wife. He ruled over upper and lower egypt. He did not have any kids because he became pharaoh at age 9 and died at age 15 trying to flee the romans and drowned in the nile river. He had a lot of power on his little hands. He actually never got to make the big

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    militaristic‚ sexual and personal struggles between opposing forces. All relationships‚ regardless of how intimate or distant they may be‚ involve different concepts of complex power plays. These concepts are exemplified in William Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra which demonstrates military power‚ the physical application of political power‚ between opposing forces as a means of gaining power over Rome and Egypt. The main power play in this text revolves around the concept of politics and is seen between

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