Antony and Cleopatra tells the story of the two Eqyptian and Roman rulers and how their romance ends in tragedy.
Antony and Cleopatra is a great play for looking at alongside other tragic romances, such as Romeo and Juliet, and addresses lots of themes you can use as routes into the text including:
There are so many different ways of exploring the text but you may find the following particularly useful in introducing the text: