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Act 4

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1.

Act 4

Scene 13
2.

Cleopatra in fear of Antony's fury locks herself in a cave, as suggested by Charmian, and sends out news
to Antony that she is dead.

3.

'the soul and body rive not more in parting

than greatness going off' - Charmian 
4.

Charmian suggests that when a great person depart, it causes more pain than when the soul leaves the body.

5.

To compare the moment the soul leaves the body to the death of Cleopatra is a powerful desciption by Charmian to illustrate the pain that will afflict Antony in Cleopatra's demise.

6.

'Say that the last word I spoke was Antony

and word it, prithee, piteously' - Cleopatra
7.

Cleopatra is determined to evoke Antony's pity as opposed to his anger and thus uses deceit and pretense in order to
illicit a more favourable reaction in him.

8.

Our knowledge that she is not actually dead creates a simple but painfully absurd dramatic irony in the next scene as Antony attempts to commit suicide.

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Act 4

Scene 14
10.

Antony arms himself to kill his lover, exclaiming how he no longer knows who he is now that Cleopatra's love has proven false

11.

'Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish...and mock

our eyes with air... they are black vesper's pageants - Antony
12.

Antony compares Cleopatra's love to the spectacles created in the air by the clouds at sunset, which fool the eyes by seeming solid, but are in fact only bundles of air. In this way he sees Cleopatra as having decieved him by proclaiming a false love in hopes of some entertainment.

13.

When Antony receives the news of Cleopatra's feigned demise- sugarcoated with the lie that she died with Antony's name on her lips- we see him quickly become overtaken with remorse, hoping to earn her forgiveness by joining her in death.

14.

'Heart, once be stronger than thy continent'

-Antony
15.

Since the torch is out, lie down and stray no farther

-Antony
16.

'I come, my Queen...Stay for me.Where souls do couch on flowers, we’ll hand in hand, and with our sprightly port make the ghosts gaze.'

17.

Antony command Eros to kill him, but her refuses and instead stabs himself
as thus did he 'esacape the horror of Antony's death'.

18.

'My Queen and Eros have by their brave instruction

got upon me a nobleness in record' - Antony
19.

The deaths of Eros (and Cleopatra) appear to Antony as acts of great honour and he too must follow their example. He then attempts to take his own life by falling on his own sword - and yet again he fails to kill himself.

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