- Title Pages
- Series Editors’ Preface
- Editor’s Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Illustrations
- Rome, Season Two Episode Listing
- Rome, Season Two Cast List
- Introduction
-
1 A Touch Too Cerebral -
2 Discharging Pullo and Vorenus -
3 Gangsterism in Rome -
4 Class, Chaos, and Control in Rome -
5 Earning Immortality -
6 The Triumvirate of the Ring in Rome -
7 Jews and Judaism in Rome -
8 Revenge and Rivalry in Rome -
9 Effigies of Atia and Servilia -
10 Livia, Sadomasochism, and the Anti-Augustan Tradition in Rome -
11 Windows and Mirrors -
12 Antony and Atia -
13 Problematic Masculinity -
14 Rome, Shakespeare, and the Dynamics of the Cleopatra Reception -
15 The Rattle of the Sistrum -
16 Gateways to Vice -
17 Slashing Rome - Filmography
- Bibliography
- Index
Rome, Shakespeare, and the Dynamics of the Cleopatra Reception
Rome, Shakespeare, and the Dynamics of the Cleopatra Reception
- Chapter:
- (p.182) 14 Rome, Shakespeare, and the Dynamics of the Cleopatra Reception
- Source:
- Rome Season Two
- Author(s):
Gregory N. Daugherty
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
The chapter, “Rome, Shakespeare, and the Dynamics of the Cleopatra Reception,” by Gregory N. Daugherty, explores the bold, innovative portrayal of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra, and her love affair with Mark Antony, in the second season of the series Rome. This chapter describes the episodes and scenes highlighting Cleopatra and her interactions with Antony, and explores the scenes’ visual and narrative resonances to Plutarch, Shakespeare, and numerous other cinematic versions. The chapter also shows how these resonances allow a greater dramatic focus on the tragic couple.
Keywords: Rome, Cleopatra, Mark Antony, Shakespeare, Plutarch
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- Title Pages
- Series Editors’ Preface
- Editor’s Acknowledgments
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Illustrations
- Rome, Season Two Episode Listing
- Rome, Season Two Cast List
- Introduction
-
1 A Touch Too Cerebral -
2 Discharging Pullo and Vorenus -
3 Gangsterism in Rome -
4 Class, Chaos, and Control in Rome -
5 Earning Immortality -
6 The Triumvirate of the Ring in Rome -
7 Jews and Judaism in Rome -
8 Revenge and Rivalry in Rome -
9 Effigies of Atia and Servilia -
10 Livia, Sadomasochism, and the Anti-Augustan Tradition in Rome -
11 Windows and Mirrors -
12 Antony and Atia -
13 Problematic Masculinity -
14 Rome, Shakespeare, and the Dynamics of the Cleopatra Reception -
15 The Rattle of the Sistrum -
16 Gateways to Vice -
17 Slashing Rome - Filmography
- Bibliography
- Index
