Summary Antony and Cleopatra - Essay points and Quotes for Honour and Redemption

- Antony and Cleopatra -
Essay points with quotations and layout


Theme: Honour and redemption




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INTRODUCTION POINTS
- In Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare highlights the contrast of honour and
redemption between Antony, Cleopatra and Enobarbus which then highlights the
spiritual victory and triumph of their characters.


BODY 1 POINTS
(Antony and his honour and redemption)
- At first Antony is seen as a respected “Herculean Roman”. The greatest soldier of
the world but his relationships with Cleopatra is frowned upon. (“lascivious
wassails”, “Strumpet’s fool”)
- Antony Values honour very highly. (“lose my honour, loose thy self”, “the honour is
sacred”)
But his cowardly flight from Actium damages his reputation.
- He is deserted by Enobarbus and watches his fleet surrender to the “foe” in
Alexandria.
- Realises he has lost his honour. (“no more a soldier”, “I have lost command”, “I
have fled myself”, “Most unnoble swerving”)
- Antonys suicide allows him to regain his identity as a noble roman worrier because
he chooses to die honourably rather than face the “inevitable prosecution of
horror”. He becomes a “conqueror of self”. He doesn’t allow Ceaser to decide his
fate.