Antony and Cleopatra

Crew: 20. 洪瑩親 26. 張渝萍 27. 張雅日侖 44. 賴育瑩 50. 羅勻邑

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Shakespeare-Introduction

Died : 23 April 1616 (aged 52)

Occupation : playwright, poet, actor

Nationality : English

Born : 26 April 1564

Golden saying of Shakespeare

• Do not , for one repulse , give up the purpose that you resolved to effect .

• The time of life is short ; to spend that shortness basely, it would be too long.

• Don’t cry because it is over, smile because it happened.

• All that glitters is not gold .

Shakespeare-Introduction

• At 18, he married the 26-year-old Anne Hathaway , and had 3 children . But some readers have said that Shakespeare's sonnets are the evidence of his love for a young man.

Shakespeare-Introduction

• Others read the same passages as the expression of intense friendship rather than love. And there is a poem called “ Dark Lady ‘’ sonnets , written to a married woman, are taken as evidence of heterosexual liaisons .

Main character : Mark Antony

• A Roman politician ,general and as a military commander and administrator.

• He was an important supporter and loyal friend of his mother's cousin Julius Caesar.

• After Caesar's assassination, Antony formed an official political alliance with Octavian and Lepidus, known to historians today as the Second Triumvirate.

Main character : Mark Antony

• The triumvirate broke up in 33 BC. Disagreement between Octavian and Antony erupted into civil war.

• His career and defeat are significant in Rome's transformation from Republic to Empire.

Main character : Cleopatra

• A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty.• Cleopatra did learn to speak

Egyptian and represented herself as the reincarnation of an Egyptian goddess, Isis.

Main character : Cleopatra

• She married as per Egyptian custom, but eventually she became sole ruler.

• As pharaoh, she consummated a liaison with Julius Caesar that solidified her grip on the throne. She later elevated her son with Caesar, Caesarion, to co-ruler in name.

Main character : Augustus• The Triumvirate was eventually torn apart

under the competing ambitions of its members: Lepidus was driven into exile and stripped of his position, and Antony committed suicide following his defeat at the Battle of Actium by Augustus in 31 BC.

Main character : Augustus• He retained his autocratic power over the

Republic as a military dictator. • By law, Augustus held a collection of powers

granted to him for life by the Senate.• It took several years for Augustus to develop

the framework.• The resulting constitutional framework became

known as the Principate, the first phase of the Roman Empire.

Story outline * Antony and Cleopatra is a tragedy story of

an empire lost for love. *Leaving his beloved Cleopatra to return to Rome, Antony appeases Caesar by marrying his sister.* But the rift between the two men will not heal .*Antony turns his back on Rome and returns to Egypt to face Caesar’s armies.

Story outline

*Antony and Cleopatra celebrates passion and indulgence, but it also exposes corruption and decadence among the powerful.* This edition of the text includes notes, a glossary and an introduction.

References

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WilliamShakespeare 維基百科

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