Chapter 2

Acts 1 and 3 are unlabeled in the text. Act 1 can only be Antony’s soliloquy, with following Chorus, but Act 3 is ambiguous. Between Act 2 and Act 4 are:(scene) Cleopatra. Eras. Charmion. Diomede.(soliloquy): Diomed.Chorus(scene) M. Antonius. Lucilius.ChorusStructurally the play seems to have six Acts, but Act 4 and Act 5 are each labeled as such.Return toDiscourse of Life and Death.

Acts 1 and 3 are unlabeled in the text. Act 1 can only be Antony’s soliloquy, with following Chorus, but Act 3 is ambiguous. Between Act 2 and Act 4 are:

(scene) Cleopatra. Eras. Charmion. Diomede.(soliloquy): Diomed.Chorus(scene) M. Antonius. Lucilius.Chorus

Structurally the play seems to have six Acts, but Act 4 and Act 5 are each labeled as such.

Return toDiscourse of Life and Death.


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