...foot I am marble-constant. and our reactions to his speech must be affected by her wish to do the deed Which shackles accidents, and bolts up change, Which sleeps, and never palates more the dug, The beggar's nurse, and Caesar's. But she is in imminent danger of being thwarted by Caesar, for...

...begin to make A better life. Tis paltry to be Caesar; Not being Fortune, he's but Fortune's knave, A minister of her will: and it is great To do that...palates more the dung, The beggar's nurse and Caesar's. (V, 2, 1-8) In the first scene of the play Antony had already said: Our dungy earth alike Feeds beast...

...always a "mutual" pair. But now: 'Tis paltry to be Caesar: Not being Fortune, he's but Fortune's knave, A minister of her will: and it is great To do that thing that ends all other deeds, . . . Cleopatra believes she can prove herself superior to this man, this Caesar. By killing herself...

...'virtuous' qualities, may well have met (Kahn, Roman, 135). After Antony's death, Cleopatra wishes to 'do that thing that ends all other deeds, / Which shackles accidents and bolts up change' (5.2.6); at the last she disavows even her sex: My resolution's placed, and I have nothing Of woman...

...— a * ^ crystallization of thought so perfect that it emits light. Shakespeare says of suicide : " It is great to do that thing That ends all other deeds, Which shackles accident, and bolts up change." He defines drama to be : "Turning the accomplishments of many years...