What elements of discord do you find in the first two acts of Anthony and Cleopatra? In the first two acts of Antony and Cleopatra we are presented with the opposing cultures of mysterious, frivolous Egypt and ruthless, imperial Rome. Civil War has broken out, and there is discord both within the triumvirate and opposing camps. The intensity of Antony and Cleopatra’s love causes disharmony. A political marriage for Antony in Rome compounds the …showed first 75 words of 1607 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1607 total…failure of the union, forebodes the conflict yet to come: He will to his Egyptian dish again: then shall the sighs of Octavia blow the fire up in Caesar, and… that which is the strength of their amity shall prove the immediate author of their variance. Bibliography GRIFFIN, J Antony and Cleopatra Hodder & Stoughton, 1988 JOHNSTONE, I The Triumph of the Lions? – An Introduction to Antony and Cleopatra Public Domain, 1999 EVERETT, B Antony and Cleopatra Signet, 1964