Antony and Cleopatra
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All Characters Mark Antony Cleopatra Octavius Caesar Lepidus Sextus Pompey Octavia Enobarbus
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All Symbols The Changing Clouds
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Antony and Cleopatra

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William Shakespeare
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The Changing Clouds

Late in act four, as Antony prepares to end his own life, he describes to Eros how “sometimes we see a cloud that’s dragonish; / A vapour sometime like a bear or lion,” and goes… read analysis of The Changing Clouds

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