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Satire
Definition of Setting
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or it can be an imagined... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the... read full definition
Act 1
Explanation and Analysis:
Caesar and Cleopatra is set in Egypt, predominantly Alexandria, taking place over the course of approximately six months (October of 48 B.C.E. to March of 47 B.C.E.). The events of the play precede those of Shakespeare's classic history play Antony and Cleopatra, wherein Cleopatra has fully matured and finds herself engaged in a scandalous love affair with the Roman Mark Antony. Caesar and Cleopatra chronicles the activities of the Roman army in Egypt, drawing parallels between the Roman Empire and the British Empire of Shaw's day and age. The play itself was written in 1899, at the height of the British Empire's colonial operations in India.
