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"Anthony wanted the admiration from the people because he wanted to please them, hence he would change."
"Political survival"
Critics have argued that Anthony did not really love Cleopatra, but rather wanted her power. He  always wanted to please the people and show that he was with the most powerful woman at that time. It would show that he was a powerful man as well and prove to his people that he was indeed capable of handling a country when he was able to "tame" the powerful Cleopatra.

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One of the critics states that "on earth it just doesn't workout." Anthony loves Cleo and she loves him yet they both die. Cleopatra is forced to kill herself because she doesn't imagine this world without him, she must love him in the after life. As a Roman general and an Egyptian queen, leaders aren't expected to love, just like Queen Elizabeth. It shows weakness, so they must love after life on earth. Love doesn't exist for political leaders in this time period.

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Vanessa Redgrave stated that she was convinced that, "Antony never loved her." This comes off as surprising because throughout the play Shakespeare's representation of their relationship revolves around who loves who more. Although their relationship always went back to power, love was always expressed first.

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*Cleo- 39 years old
*Ant- 52 years old
*typical age gap
*Started as a relationship to combine powers/better eachother
*ended as a political disaster
* if marriage was used as a business back then, and they didn't marry, does that mean that they truly loved each other?

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* "Antony doesn't love her, he's excited to be with the top woman."
* Political survivor
* Some critics bellieve it was never true love, instead it was the need for power.

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For the love of love or for the love of power

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For the love of love or for the love of power

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Critics have argued that Antony was not in love with cleopatra herself but with her power and what he could gain from her. However Shakespeare presents their relationship in such a way that characterizes Antony as a lovestruck man willing to give up some power to have the woman he loves. While this eternal struggle for power is a central theme throughout the play, even in the end it  is shown that love prevails and is the underlying motivation for both cleopatra and Antony's actions

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Cleopatra doesn't want to lose her throne and still wants to feel like she is in demand. She can't control every situation and that can signify how time is passing and she is aging and the older you are, the less capable you are to be able to have control over so much power.

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-tempestuous love affair
-political turmoil
-marriage for love=dangerous
-critics say he never loved her
-initmacy conflict with politics
-"together we will be"

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Torres, Yailin : a powerful woman with powerful decisions ....

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Torres, Yailin : a powerful woman with powerful decisions ....

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Quote:  "earthly, sexual, powerful, passionate, and intellectual"
In reference to Janet Suzan's quote:  power and love become two big rivals. Where toxicity is ultimately revelead. Cleopatra a "powerful, earthly, passionate, and intellectual" human being is being portrayed throughout these words due to her actions. Although her love for Anthony is strong she is on the search for survival trying to stay in power. Back in time (1500's) it was difficult for women to have a high social standard where they were powerful enough to rule a country therefore, picking between loving a soul or ruling her society was a difficult task.

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"He wants to be the general for Rome but the ultimate lover for Cleopatra." In wanting to be something spectacular for both Cleopatra and Rome, Antony struggles with a sense of balance. Moreover, in his inability to keep a constant balance between lover and ruler, Mark Antony neglects one of them when he putsforth all his energy towards that one role, whether lover or ruler. By doing so, Shakespeare through Antony sets up for a tragedy from early on in the play.

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"We watch their flower open...and learn." Though the two tragic heroes are older (and are supposed to be wiser), they make haphazard decisions along the way that hurt their reputations and their countries. However, upon their deaths, we see that they do indeed learn and mature. We see them like flowers once closed then blossoming and dying during the course of the play.

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Her character changes sixpence, in the middle of a line, at the end of a line.

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It is meaningful that Anthony goes back and forth (Egypt & Rome) it could also represent the struggle he faced with Octavia and Cleopatra. With Octavia life is more calm and Cleopatra it seems more difficult

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Staying in power to remain alive-
It is seen Cleopatra has both political and sexual power.

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From the very begging the snake has been used negatively against each other. Always being there to knock each other down. Killing both in the end especially the most prideful of them all.

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Antony clearly cannot reconcile his two roles as a leader and lover. He always loses his balance and falls to one side and fails the other. Leaving the audience to know more about his weak minded character.

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"DELICATE egos NEGOTIATING power."  I love this!  These two  oxymoron reveal that though Antony and Cleopatra have passionate personalities, their egos are quite delicate.  Through them, Shakespeare reveals that as bombastic as they may seem, they want to belong and be celebrated and admired by their people.  Additionally, they both have to negotiate their power, which is paradoxical.  Some contend they are in the relationship to maintain their power in their respective countries, but to have it, they have had to negotiate, especially in Antony agreeing to marry Octavia.

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Everything is taken from cleopatra (her family, her lover, her kingdom, her children), yet she still has the strengh to decide how she wants to die.

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Shows the Antony's struggle to find a happy medium between the two types of himself he wants to be.

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Cleopatra was holding on to Antony to keep her sexuality, and Antony was holding onto Cleopatra to keep his power.

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As we can see in the video it specifically states how without the love story it just speaks about half the story. So it puts me to think how love was not the only important thing Shakespeare was trying to present to us in Antony and Cleopatra. Each action and each character chosen in Antony and cleopatra was chosen to display a message and to show us more about the main characters.