“ Since Cleopatra died, I have liv'd in such dishonour that the gods detest my baseness. ”
William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra (1623). copy citation
Author | William Shakespeare |
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Source | Antony and Cleopatra |
Topic | death honour disgrace |
Date | 1623 |
Language | English |
Reference | Antony and Cleopatra, Act IV, Scene 14 |
Note | Written between 1603 and 1607 Antony line |
Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1534/pg1534-images.html |
Meaning and analysis
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After Antony's military fiasco, Cleopatra made Antony believe that she was dead, hoping to calm his anger and win his heart back. But the result is not as expected: on the contrary, Antony falls into depressed mood, and imagines that the gods must despise the state in which he finds himself.
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