Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Antony and Cleopatra, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Love, Pleasure, and Decadence
Honor, Loyalty, and Betrayal
Strategy, Manipulation, and Power
Messages, Warnings, and Omens
Gender Roles
Summary
Analysis
In Antony’s camp, Antony tells Enobarbus to send some soldiers to a hill, “from which place / We may the number of the ships behold,” in Octavius’ navy. They leave to prepare for the battle.
Fulfilling his role as military leader, Antony plans to survey Octavius’ navy in preparation for this crucial battle.
Themes
