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Thursday, November 2, 2023

Antony and Cleopatra

  

Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare


Fulvia's interest in politics is reminiscent of Kaikeyi (sing this name in the tune of the song "Informer" song by Snow).
Fulvia's dealing with the power is similar to Haseena Parkar's tryst with accumulated loyalty in need of continuity.

Roman troops would carry ropes of dried figs with them on their conquests since they are so nutrient dense. ... The ancient cultures loved and died for figs 


                   CLEOPATRA

            Nay, pray you, seek no colour for your going,

What was the color for going? green in Shakespearean time? “How green!”: The Meanings of Green in Early Modern England and in The Tempest  and A Study of Colour Words in Shakespeare's Works

Writing the Forest in Early Modern England: A Sylvan Pastoral Nation 



MARK ANTONY

How now, lady!

Switching between texts, I read it as "How now, baby!" which reminded me a modernized Iliad for teens.

CLEOPATRA
I would I had thy inches;

You understand the old english in flow but when you try to recall it, you replace it with modern words or grammar.

CLEOPATRA

He's speaking now,
Or murmuring 'Where's my serpent of old Nile?'

 I guessed as Zecharia Stitchin suggests that "serpent of Nile" might refer to the form of the Nile.

Follow along video

Shakespeares Words


 


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