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February 27, 2006
"To the Very Heart of Loss"
"Fortune's association with a globe also suggests her dominance over worldly affairs of every sort. Since the conflict between Antony and Octavius is in fact concerned very precisely with the question of world dominance, there are some forty-three references to the "world" in Antony and Cleopatra"." This article mainly discussed how Cleopatra was like Fortuna the goddess and while she and Antony had many mortal qualities, there was something about them that was very god-like. She could have control over any man she wanted with her seduction qualities. Antony was also concerned with dominance. He didn't mind being ruled by Cleo but Caesar was another story. He wanted to prove to Caesar that he was his own ruler and killed himself to prove that point. There was much talk of power in this and much more talk about symbols. Levin's article was more about politics and this one was about symbols. There were many references to the sea and the world in this one. The sea represents change (the tides) and the world seems to represent wholeness and control. It seems that every character in this play wanted those things but the ways that they went about it made them each contrast eachother in very different ways. Do you think the characters contrasted eachother or were similar?
Posted by ErinWaite at February 27, 2006 03:18 PM