Antony and Cleopatra | Is Antony's dying advice to Cleopatra valid?
As he lays dying in the final scene of Act IV, Antony advises Cleopatra to trust none of the Romans except Proculeius. Nevertheless, in the next scene, the triumphant Caesar instructs Proculeius to tell Cleopatra anything that will prevent her from committing suicide and thereby negate the Emperor's plans to parade the Egyptian Queen through the streets of Rome. Proculeius proves equal to this task, telling Cleopatra that she will be treated with dignity, but as Roman soldiers appear to place her under guard, she realizes that the man whom Antony believed trustworthy has deceived her. He is...
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