Antony and Cleopatra - Key Quotes

?
How does Antony show he doesn't care about Rome anymore?
'Let Rome in Tiber melt, and the wide arch of the ranged empire fall! Here is my space'
1 of 30
How does Cleopatra complain about Antony's changeability?
'I am quickly ill and well, so Antony loves'
2 of 30
According to Caesar, how is Antony compared to Cleopatra?
'[Antony] is not more manlike than Cleopatra'
3 of 30
How does Cleopatra show her manipulation of Antony?
'If you find him sad, say I am dancing. If in mirth, report that I am sudden sick'
4 of 30
What does Cleopatra call herself and her role as lover to many of the great leaders?
'a morsel for a monarch'
5 of 30
How does Philo describe Antony and Cleopatra's effect on him?
'The triple pillar of the world transformed into a strumpet's fool'
6 of 30
'Our graver business...'
'...frowns at this levity' (Caesar)
7 of 30
Enobarbus' wise words about the pact between Caesar and Antony?
'the band that seems to tie their friendship together will be the very stangler of their amity'
8 of 30
A rare moment of doubt for Cleopatra?
'Then Antony - but now...'
9 of 30
What does Enobarbus think of himself?
'I alone am the villain of the earth'
10 of 30
Antony's loss of identity?
'my very hairs do mutiny' 'here I am Antony, yet cannot hold this visible shape' (Antony) 'sometimes when he is not Antony' (Philo)
11 of 30
Antony's dying words?
'A Roman by a Roman valiantly vanquished'
12 of 30
The beginning of Enobarbus' famous 'barge' speech?
'The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, burned on the water...'
13 of 30
Cleopatra's reason for not coming down and kissing Antony?
'I dare not, lest I be taken'
14 of 30
Octavia's importance to Caesar?
'you take from me a great part of myself'
15 of 30
Antony's dependence on Cleopatra?
'Whither hast thou led me, Egypt?' 'Egypt...my heart was to thy rudder tied'
16 of 30
What words did Shakespeare invent that show Antony's loss of identity?
'dislimns' 'discandy' 'disponge'
17 of 30
Cleopatra and Enobarbus' last words
'O, Antony!'
18 of 30
Pompey praises Enobarbus how?
'I have seen thee fight, when I have envied thy bbehavious'
19 of 30
Rome's effect on Antony?
'on the sudden a Roman thought hath struck him' (Cleopatra'
20 of 30
According to Antony, where does his 'pleasure' lie?
'I'th'East my pleasure lies'
21 of 30
What does Canidius say Antony's army are?
'we are women's men'
22 of 30
Cleopatra's betrayal of Antony to Thidius?
'He is a god, and knows what is most right' (re Caesar)
23 of 30
What does Antony call Cleopatra after she betrays him?
'Triple-turned whore!'
24 of 30
How does Antony show his underlying nerves?
'Ah, let be, let be! Thou art the armourer of my heart. False, false; this, this'
25 of 30
'Antony shall be brought drunken forth...
...and I shall see some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness i'th'posture of a whore'
26 of 30
What does Cleopatra describe death as?
'I will be a bridegroom in my death, and run into 't as to a lover's bed'
27 of 30
Cleopatra's famous line of her final speech?
'I have immortal longings in me'
28 of 30
Final lines of the play (Caesar)?
'No grave upon the earth will clip in it a pair so famous'
29 of 30
Charmian's description of Cleopatra?
'A lass unparalleled'
30 of 30

Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

How does Cleopatra complain about Antony's changeability?

Back

'I am quickly ill and well, so Antony loves'

Card 3

Front

According to Caesar, how is Antony compared to Cleopatra?

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

How does Cleopatra show her manipulation of Antony?

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

What does Cleopatra call herself and her role as lover to many of the great leaders?

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
View more cards

Comments

No comments have yet been made

Similar English Literature resources:

See all English Literature resources »