"Let Rome in Tiber melt and the wide arch Of the ranged empire fall. ... It may fall between tragedy and history .However T.S Coleridge rates it one the finest history play as he says: 'Of all Shakspeare's historical plays, Antony and Cleopatra is by far the most wonderful. ... Rome is situated in the central Mediterranean sea . ... Shakespeare presents Rome and Egypt to the audience as complete opposites. ... Rome is presented as a serious, military culture grounded in reality. ...

• Word Count: 2903
• Approx Pages: 12
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• Grade Level: High School

In that she is seen as Rome's 'ornament,' she is the prize and the target of the masculine power-figures around her. ... Social and war-time duties are overthrown when Saturninus takes Tamora as his wife and makes her the Empress of Rome. ... /Tigers must prey, and Rome affords no prey/But me and mine" (3.1.54-6).3 At this point, Titus sees that the war he thought was ended-with the Goth's exodus to Rome-is not ended and is now at the of the city, and he and his family are the main prey of the Goth's warfare. ... Tamora's status of queen allows her to function wi...

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The author subsequently presents him to have abnormal powers to explore the earth and heavens from a chariot drawn by dragons, and he is seen flying to Rome, where there is a celebration to honor St. ... Satan disobeys God, and the uprising led by him in the Heaven results in the fall of Satan and angels from the light to darkness and suffering. ... Nevertheless, his pride, defiance, and desire to gain more authority than God makes him rebel against God and eventually fall down to Hell together with other rebellious angels. ...

• Word Count: 4910
• Approx Pages: 20
• Grade Level: Undergraduate