Antony and Cleopatra

Today in our lesson with Dr. Edwin, we were introduced to the Act I and II of another drama ‘Antony and Cleopatra’. In the first two Acts, I would opine that Cleopatra is of no difference with other women who try to get their male partners to stay by their side. Knowing that Antony has a wife named Fulvia, she always use ironic words to tease Antony in order to prove that she is more important to him than his wife. She even gets jealous when Caesar sends his messenger to Antony because she feels that Antony’s attention is distracted. Like other women, Cleopatra wants Antony’s full attention on her. Instead, she wants him to leave away from his role as a general as well as a husband to Fulvia. I think that her ideas are kind of silly, as the harder you try, the chance of losing it is bigger. Therefore, I have no doubt but to feel that she will lose Antony at the end of the drama.