Antony and Cleopatra Part 1

Published: April 9, 2010, 10:46 p.m.

Introduction to Antony and Cleopatra as a new kind of tragedy: one which doesn't seek the freedom of complete loss or amor fati.\xa0 Contrasted with Macbeth, written simultaneously.\xa0 Macbeth is about the maximum of loneliness in a tragic figure; Antony and Cleopatra is about what having a friend till the end offers by way of a relationship to time and loss.\xa0 Lady Macbeth compared to Lear.\xa0 Antony and Cleopatra compared to A Midsummer Night's Dream.