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Antony and Cleopatra | Act IV, Scene 15: Questions and Answers

Study Questions
1. Why does Cleopatra refuse to come down from her monument to kiss the dying Antony one last time? Is this an indication of her character or of her true feelings about Antony?

2. What does Cleopatra do instead of emerging from her monument?

3. Cleopatra says, “If knife, drugs, serpents, have/Edge, sting, or operation, I am safe.” What does she mean?

4. Cleopatra says, a few lines later, “Had I great Juno’s power,/The strong-winged Mercury should fetch thee up/And set thee by Jove’s side.” About whom is she talking?

5. Whom does Antony,...

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