Antony versus Cleopatra

Heroic tragedy or comical tragedy? Our uneasiness in defining the response to Antony mirrors our difficulty in describing the whole play’s genre and tones. Whether or not we accept either of the views quoted above, we cannot deny that Antony, first served to the audience in a piquant sauce of Cleopatra’s humour, elicits a response that sets him apart from all the other tragic heroes. Smarting in lingering pickle he loses tragic stature, at least in the opening scenes. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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