762 reviews for:

Antony And Cleopatra: An Extraordinary Tale of fiction Drama By William Shakespeare (Annotated)

William Shakespeare

3.56 AVERAGE

jennimarie's review against another edition

3.5

emotional tense medium-paced

sofiarodriguez's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

helensreading's review against another edition

4.0

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4.5 ⭐️
oh well, it became my favourite Shakespeare's play.

sams84's review against another edition

3.0

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Thou shalt not pass unfair bias comment on school books (one day I may be brave enough to re-read them and give a fair unbias comment...but don't hold your breath)

blackcatbinx29's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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Egypt I am dying, I am dying Egypt 

kat_ry_'s review against another edition

4.0

medium-paced

gsuhadolnik's review against another edition

3.0

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3.5 stars

messy_dreamer's review against another edition

2.0

emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lucysnowy's review against another edition

4.0

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such an interesting tragedy!

for me, the scenes with cleopatra were so much better than the politics of mark antony's side of this play. i loved the party scene! but other than that it is the female domain that intrigues me here.

there are moment when cleopatra and antony seem to profoundly in love ... and then antony goes and marries octavia (and treats her terribly) or believes ridiculous rumours. not a massive fan of him.

something this play does really well is death. both antony and cleopatra's deaths were wonderfully written, and they both died with honour and majesty.

all the roman soldiers blended into one. as usual in the roman plays lol

cleopatra's wit is wonderful. she's like a female character from a comedy transferred into a tragedy, able to speak for herself. she is the queen of egypt, after all. love it

zanm's review against another edition

3.5

slow-paced

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Surprisingly boring even with the gay and trans subtext. I think if I wasn't into this period of literature, I would not really like this one...