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A 4 page paper which analyzes a particular speech from Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra as it relates to the rest of the play. No additional sources cited.
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powerful leaders and yet their love presents itself as something that should be able to exist without the political turmoil. As leaders, however, they have little choice but to ultimately
realize their relationship is doomed for as leaders there are powerful personal sacrifices that must be made. They are not average individuals without the responsibility of nations, but leaders who
chose to make such a sacrifice in their position. The following paper takes an excerpt from Shakespeares play, an excerpt spoken by Cleopatra after the death of Antony, and analyzes
it as it relates to the rest of the play in terms of theme, images, and tone. Antony and Cleopatra Cleopatras speech, in Act 4, Scene 15, Lines
73-91, begin with "No more, but een a woman, and commanded/ By such poor passion as the maid that milks" (Shakespeare IV xv 73-74). In this one can see how
she reprimands herself for her inability to command, her inability to lead in the face of her love for Antony. This presents Cleopatra as the woman who loved Antony, which
is the primary theme of the story. She has done everything she could to get him back, to have faith in their love, and yet here his body lies dead
in front of her. In these two lines she faces defeat as she envisions her power in the image of less than a simple milk maid, a servant. The
tone is, quite obviously, very dramatic as is the case throughout the play. It is a tragedy, and as a tragedy the wording is incredibly dramatic and almost dire, speaking
of an ultimate demise throughout the play. For example, in Act 1, Scene 3 Antony states "I am sorry to give breathing to my purpose" and Cleopatra states, "Help me
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