Antony & Cleopatra Infographic
Themes
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Minter, J. (n.d.). Romeo and Juliet is as much a story of hate as it is of love. Retrieved from http://www.englishworks.com.au/romeo-juliet/
A text response to Romeo and Juliet on love and hate by Dr Jennifer Minter. -
Weinberger, J.. (2003). Pious princes and red-hot lovers: the politics of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The Journal of Politics, 65(2), 350–375. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/stable/10.1111/1468-2508.t01-2-00004
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is obviously a tragedy of impetuous young love. But it is also a play about politics, especially politics as conditioned by Christian morality and religion. -
Mainar, L. M. G. (1998). Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", and male melodrama. Atlantis, 20(2), 27–42. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/stable/41055511
This essay explores the ways in which the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ deals with sexuality and social and textual elaboration.
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Siegel, P. N.. (1961). Christianity and the religion of love in Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare Quarterly, 12(4), 371–392. http://doi.org.db.plcscotch.wa.edu.au/10.2307/2867455Copy
The long established traditional interpretation of Romeo and Juliet is that it is a drama of fete or sheer misfortune in which the lovers are not responsible for the catastrophe they suffer. Recently, however, a number of scholars have argued that the Elizabethans , with their Christian background of thought, would have regarded the lovers as guilty sinner rather than innocent victims.
Life and Times of William Shakespeare's
1091 Pictures. (2006). Where There's a Will: The Life and Times Of William Shakespeare. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qafnuBH8KPs
Shakespeare Summarized; Antony & Cleopatra. (2016).
Overly Sarcastic Production. (2016). Shakespeare Summarized; Antony & Cleopatra. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6BfVKmqnDs&t=2s
Study Guides for Antony & Cleopatra
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Sparks Notes. (n.d.). Antony & Cleopatra. Retrieved from https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/antony/
This website contains a study guide for Antony & Cleopatra including the plays, summaries and essays.
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Reed, A. (n.d.). Antony & Cleopatra. Retrieved from https://absoluteshakespeare.com/plays/antony_and_cleopatra/antony_and_cleopatra.htm
A study guide to the Signet Classic Edition of William Shakespeare’s Antony & Cleopatra.
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CliffNotes.com. (n.d.). Antony & Cleopatra. Retrieved from https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/a/antony-and-cleopatra/play-summary
CliffsNotes literature guide for Antony & Cleopatra
LitCharts
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Florman, B., & Kestler. J, (LitCharts Editors). (2016). LitChart on Antony & Cleopatra. Retrieved March 8, 2016 from https://www.litcharts.com/lit/antony-and-cleopatra
This LitChart study guide for Antony & Cleopatra includes a detailed summary and analysis, themes, characters, symbols and quotes.
Analysis
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Shmoop Editorial Team. (2008, November 11). Antony & Cleopatra. Retrieved from https://www.shmoop.com/study-guides/literature/antony-cleopatra/summary
Struggling with William Shakespeare's Antony & Cleopatra? Shmoop offers a thorough summary and analysis of this literary masterpiece.
Context
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Internet Shakespeare Edition. (2011, January 4). Shakespeare's life and times. Retrieved from http://internetshakespeare.uvic.ca/Library/SLT/intro/index.html
Shakespeare's Life and Times introduces you to the world Shakespeare lived and worked in. This section of the Internet Shakespeare Editions is like a shelf of books, each of which is listed in the navigational bar beneath the page header. Each book, in turn, is divided into chapters dealing with related topics.
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AbsoluteShakespeare.com. (n.d.). William Shakespeare. Retrieved from http://absoluteshakespeare.com/
William Shakespeare Shakespeare is renowned as the English playwright and poet whose body of works is considered the greatest in history of English literature.
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Maker, D. (n.d.). Romeo and Juliet historical context. Retrieved from https://shakespearestudy.wordpress.com/plays/romeo-and-juliet-historical-context/
This article introduces the historical context of Romeo and Juliet and explores how the play could have been a warning to Queen Elizabeth.