Caesar and Cleopatra

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Detailed Summary & Analysis

Prologue An Alternative to the Prologue Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 Act 4 Act 5

Themes

All Themes Romanticization of History Vengeance vs. Mercy Pragmatism vs. Sentimentality Empire, Civilization, and Progress Age, Experience, and Power

Characters

All Characters Julius Caesar Cleopatra Rufio Ftatateeta Pothinus Ptolemy Britannus Apollodorus Lucius Septimius Theodotus Achillas Mark Antony Ra Pompey Roman Sentinel The Slave Girl The Old Musician

Symbols

All Symbols The Sphinx Thrones

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allegory Allusions Dramatic Irony Foil Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Irony Metaphors Mood Satire Setting Similes Soliloquy Style Tone Verbal Irony

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Caesar and Cleopatra

by George Bernard Shaw

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Introduction Intro

Plot Summary Plot

Summary & Analysis

Prologue
An Alternative to the Prologue
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Act 5

All Themes
Romanticization of History
Vengeance vs. Mercy
Pragmatism vs. Sentimentality
Empire, Civilization, and Progress
Age, Experience, and Power

All Characters
Julius Caesar
Cleopatra
Rufio
Ftatateeta
Pothinus
Ptolemy
Britannus
Apollodorus
Lucius Septimius
Theodotus
Achillas
Mark Antony
Ra
Pompey
Roman Sentinel
The Slave Girl
The Old Musician

All Symbols
The Sphinx
Thrones

All Literary Devices
Allegory
Allusions
Dramatic Irony
Foil
Foreshadowing
Genre
Hyperbole
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Satire
Setting
Similes
Soliloquy
Style
Tone
Verbal Irony

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