Essays and Research Papers on Antony & Cleopatra

A 3 page paper which examines specific scenes from each play to demonstrate how Shakespeare employed lyric poetry to achieve dramatic effect. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 7 page report discusses Shakespeare’s own understanding of the essential nature of love which allows him to establish a variety of realms in which the realities of romance are interwoven throughout all aspects of life. Romance gone wrong, romance perverted, or the “romantic” aspects of fear, hatred, and suffering, appear much more often in ...

This 6 page paper compares and contrasts Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra to John Dryden's play, All For Love. Examples, quotes, offered. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 5 page report discusses the character of Pompey in “Antony and Cleopatra.” As a secondary character in the play, Pompey serves as a motivating force that causes the action to logically unfold. His role in the play serves to move action forward and act as a counterpart to the other characters. After all, it is through the ...

A 14 page paper which examines the wise fool in Shakespeare’s work, focusing on how Enobarbus, in “Antony and Cleopatra,” is clearly one of Shakespeare’s fools, or fool like characters. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 4 page research paper that discusses an aspect of Russell's career and philosophy. Between the publication of Principles of Mathematics in 1903 and his article "On Denoting" in 1905, the views of Bertrand Russell on the semantics of propositions in sentence that contain denoting phrases changed considerably. This examination of this factor in Russell's ...

A 3 page paper looking at the dramatic oppositions presented in the contrast of Egypt with Rome, Cleopatra with Octavius, in Shakespeare's play. The paper observes that in the play's resolution, Shakespeare is able to meld Rome's sense of order with Cleopatra's passion. No additional sources cited.

A 9 page analysis of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra. Shakespeare's Othello is also used in the analysis. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 6 page paper which examines the love relationship which exists between Antony and Cleopatra in Shakespeare’s play. The paper focuses on that which Antony gives up in order to love Cleopatra. Bibliography lists 1 additional source.

This 4 page report discusses an important secondary character in the play. Enobarbus, the Roman soldier who is Mark Antony’s trusted friend in Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra” is to provide something of a rational voice that foresees the disaster that is certain to befall his friend and commander. One of Enobarbus most important purposes in the play is to ...

This 7 page report discusses the ways in which in much of Shakespeare’s work, the supernatural -- in the form of ghosts, fairies, strange creatures, and unnatural weather phenomena -- exist as much as a character in the play as any of the flesh and blood characters. In several of Shakespeare’s other works, the function of the supernatural is a ...

An 8 page critique of Shakespeare's 'Antony & Cleopatra.' The writer posits that many conceptual problems run throughout the play and that 'Shakespeare's thematic message is never made clear in the end to its poorly constructed action.' Bibliography lists 16 sources.

A 5 page essay about the Shakespeare play, Antony and Cleopatra. The writer explores the ways later writers rewrote the play to suit their times.

In 3 pages, the author analyzes in detail the soliloquy of Cleopatra when she is speaking to Dolabella Act 5, Scene 2 of "The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra" by William Shakespeare. The importance of the lines in relation to the theme of the play, and the imagery are discussed. No additional sources cited.

A 5 page paper which discusses who is the real tragic character in Antony and Cleopatra. The characters discussed in this examination are Antony, Cleopatra, Enobarbus and Octavius Caesar. Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.

This is a 6 page paper which discusses the different aspects of the love relationship found in the central couple in William Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleopatra”. The levels of depth found in their commitment and passion are discussed in relation to their actions and their eventual tragic deaths. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A six page paper which looks at Shakespeare's tragedy Antony and Cleopatra, with particular reference to the contrasting ways in which Rome is portrayed in relation to the Egyptian civilisation. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 12 page paper discusses the complex and interesting relationships between men and women in both "Anthony and Cleopatra" and "Paradise Lost". The common thread in both of these stories is the strength and courage of the female characters which is surprising given the era of their origination. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 4 page paper which relates Shakespeare’s play “Antony and Cleopatra” to real life. Bibliography lists 1 additional source.

A 4 page paper which relates Shakespeare’s play “Antony and Cleopatra” to real life. Bibliography lists 1 additional source.

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.

This 3 page paper explicates a passage from Antony and Cleopatra by Shakespeare. Bibliography lists 1 source.