johnnybuonomo 's review for:

Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

5.0

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Lots of vivid and interesting characters. The death scene,.. scenes,.. act was moving, awesome (in the old sense), but also kind of bizarre. At first I didn't pick up on some of the humor of it, but reading it as both humorous and sad works well. Great histrionic speeches, of course. I realize the Ptolemaic themes in the metaphors are doing important work but there were a few times when it felt a bit distracting.

Certainly worth reading and rereading. I don't know why this wasn't more of a staple of my education. Maybe just Fortune's fault.