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Antony and Cleopatra begin their affair, with Antony spending time in Alexandria.
Act 1, Scene 1Antony reluctantly goes to Rome to deal with his wife's death, Caesar's scorn, and political unrest.
Act 1, Scene 3For political expediency and Caesar's trust, newly widowed Antony marries Octavia.
Act 2, Scene 2Antony and Octavia leave for Athens, where he will rule the eastern part of the Empire.
Act 3, Scene 2Octavia returns to Rome to try easing tensions between Antony and Caesar.
Act 3, Scene 4Breaking a recent treaty, Pompey and Caesar battle, ending with Pompey dead and Lepidus jailed.
Act 3, Scene 5Antony has returned to Egypt and his old ways, abandoning Octavia and angering Caesar.
Act 3, Scene 6With relations worsening, Antony decides, against advice, to confront Caesar at sea.
Act 3, Scene 7Cleopatra encourages the sea battle, offering Antony her ships and her help.
Act 3, Scene 7Overwhelmed in battle, Cleopatra retreats, with Antony following and abandoning his men.
Act 3, Scene 10As Antony and Caesar prepare for battle, Enobarbus regretfully deserts Antony.
Act 4, Scene 5Redeeming himself as a general, Antony wins a land battle against Caesar.
Act 4, Scene 7Overconfident, Antony loses to Caesar at sea, believing Cleopatra has betrayed him.
Act 4, Scene 12Puzzled by Antony's rage against her, Cleopatra hides in her mausoleum.
Act 4, Scene 13Antony mistakenly believes Cleopatra is dead and tries unsuccessfully to kill himself.
Act 4, Scene 14Learning Cleopatra is alive, Antony, mortally wounded, is taken to her, where he dies in her arms.
Act 4, Scene 14Rather than be Caesar's prisoner, Cleopatra dresses regally and kills herself by snake bites.
Act 5, Scene 2Caesar arrives, somewhat moved, and decrees she and Antony will be buried together in Egypt.
Act 5, Scene 2| Scene | Summary |
|---|---|
| Act 1, Scene 1 | The play begins in a room in Cleopatra's palace in Alexandria, Egypt, in the middle of a conversation between two of Ant... Read More |
| Act 1, Scene 2 | It is evening, and several of Cleopatra's attendants are gathered in another room of the palace. Charmian teasingly asks... Read More |
| Act 1, Scene 3 | Cleopatra fretfully dispatches Alexas to track Antony down, warning him not to tell Antony she sent him. "If you find hi... Read More |
| Act 1, Scene 4 | In Rome Caesar is reading a letter as he walks with Lepidus and their retinue. The letter's contents clearly irritate Ca... Read More |
| Act 1, Scene 5 | Back in Alexandria, Cleopatra is suffering without Antony. She wishes she could drink mandragora, a poison to make her s... Read More |
| Act 2, Scene 1 | In his house in Messina, Pompey is strategizing with Menas and Menecrates. If the gods are just, says Pompey, they'll re... Read More |
| Act 2, Scene 2 | Lepidus is urging Enobarbus to ask Antony not to "stir up embers" by arguing with Caesar. Enobarbus replies he'll ask An... Read More |
| Act 2, Scene 3 | Antony and Caesar enter, Octavia walking between them. Antony and Octavia exchange a few words of decorous love, and Ant... Read More |
| Act 2, Scene 4 | Lepidus suggests Maecenas and Agrippa go on their way; battle calls. Agrippa answers they're waiting for Antony to say g... Read More |
| Act 2, Scene 5 | Cleopatra finds herself at loose ends. First she demands to hear music; then changes her mind and wants to play billiard... Read More |
| Act 2, Scene 6 | In Italy Pompey and Caesar agree to a truce rather than go to battle. Grievances are aired and threats made. Pompey want... Read More |
| Act 2, Scene 7 | The banquet aboard Pompey's ship is under way. Servants enter carrying an abundance of wine and gossiping about the gues... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 1 | Ventidius, one of Antony's lieutenants, enters behind a procession of soldiers carrying the body of Pacorus of Parthia. ... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 2 | Agrippa and Enobarbus enter separately. Enobarbus says Pompey has left already and the members of the triumvirate are si... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 3 | In Alexandria Cleopatra asks her attendants, "Where is the fellow?" She is referring to the messenger she sent to get a ... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 4 | In Greece, Antony is complaining to Octavia about Caesar. Antony is convinced Caesar is plotting against him. Despite th... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 5 | Enobarbus and Eros discuss war news. Eros reports Caesar and Lepidus, who defeated Pompey together, have fallen out. Cae... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 6 | In Rome, Caesar is railing against Antony's latest actions. Antony has established Cleopatra as absolute monarch of Egyp... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 7 | In Alexandria Cleopatra berates Enobarbus for having said she shouldn't join the war. She's the ruler and believes she s... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 8 | Caesar and his lieutenant, Taurus, march in with their army. Caesar orders Taurus not to strike by land before the navy ... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 9 | Antony and Enobarbus enter. They are outside, presumably in a position from which they can view the harbor. Antony annou... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 10 | Amid the sounds of a sea battle, Canidius and his ground forces leave the stage in one direction while Taurus and his fo... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 11 | Deeply shamed, Antony enters with some of his attendants. The land, he says, "is ashamed to bear me." He urges them to t... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 12 | Caesar, Agrippa, Thidias, and Dolabella are waiting for Antony's ambassador. Dolabella comments on Antony's choice of th... Read More |
| Act 3, Scene 13 | A doleful and confused Cleopatra enters with Enobarbus, Charmian, and Iras. "What shall we do?" Cleopatra asks Enobarbus... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 1 | Caesar, Agrippa, and Maecenas enter. Antony's letter has annoyed Caesar, partly because Antony treats him like a child a... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 2 | Antony, Cleopatra, Enobarbus, Charmian, Iras, and "others" enter. When Antony asks why Caesar has refused to fight him, ... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 3 | Some soldiers enter and settle themselves for the night watch. One asks another if he's heard a strange rumor but won't ... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 4 | Early the next morning Antony calls for Eros to bring his armor. Cleopatra does her best to help Eros dress Antony for b... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 5 | As Antony and Eros head for the port, Antony admits regret over not having fought on land. A soldier meets them and brea... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 6 | Caesar orders Agrippa to begin the fight and to capture Antony alive if possible. As Agrippa leaves, Caesar exults, "The... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 7 | Against a background of battle noises, Agrippa enters with some of Caesar's soldiers and calls for retreat. Caesar is st... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 8 | Antony, Scarus, and some others enter. Antony's army has forced Caesar's to retreat to their camp. Antony orders a soldi... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 9 | A sentry from Caesar's army enters with other guards. Enobarbus follows them unnoticed. The sentry says that unless he a... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 10 | Antony, Scarus, and their army enter. Antony comments today's battle will be by sea because Caesar's army fared so poorl... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 11 | Caesar tells his army Antony expects a sea battle and has therefore manned his ships with his best fighters. It is unlik... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 12 | Antony and Scarus enter. Wondering why Caesar's navy hasn't begun fighting, Antony looks for a better vantage point. Lef... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 13 | Cleopatra enters with her female attendants and Mardian. She begs their help against Antony's insane fury. Charmian sugg... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 14 | Alone with Eros, Antony describes different cloud shapes. Sometimes they look like dragons, sometimes like rocks, someti... Read More |
| Act 4, Scene 15 | Cleopatra and her retinue wait fearfully in the monument for Diomedes to return. When he arrives, he tells Cleopatra to ... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 1 | Caesar, Agrippa, Dolabella, Maecenas, Gallus, and Proculeius are holding a war council when Dercetus arrives with Antony... Read More |
| Act 5, Scene 2 | Inside the monument, Cleopatra tells Charmian and Iras Caesar has no control over their fate. True control of one's fort... Read More |
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