Antony and Cleopatra
What is the climax of the play?
In Act 5, show Cleopatra's resolve to die; based on this explain why Cleopatra's death becomes the climax of the play?
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The climax of the play is that point at which the "end becomes the end." With Antony already gone, Cleopatra wishes not to become a display toy for Caesar. The end, in which Caesar is left only with his victory and little else, climaxes with Cleopatra's death, her choice so that she can perhaps rejoin Antony after death and not become Caesar's prisoner in the future.
