Day 4

Antony and Cleopatra Lesson Plan

Discussion of Thought Questions

  1. 1

    Consider how Antony's success as a warrior and a political figure are entangled with his masculinity in the text.

    Antony and Cleopatra has some prominent emasculation themes. Antony's failures and losses are constantly being blamed on Cleopatra or her influence. Antony often takes out his anger on Cleopatra - raging at her for being promiscuous, blaming her for his military losses, and accusing her of emasculating him: “O! thy vile lady! She has robb'd me of my sword.” Students should identify other examples of this rhetoric in the text, coming from Antony or otherwise.

  2. 2

    Why is Antony so fixated on dueling Caesar? How does Caesar react?

    Antony fantasizes...

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