- International Journal of Media Culture and Literature
- Vol: 5 Issue: 2
- Antony & Cleopatra’s Loss and Gain For an Immortal Love From Shakespeare’s antony and Cleopatra
Antony & Cleopatra’s Loss and Gain For an Immortal Love From Shakespeare’s antony and Cleopatra
Authors : Serpil Karayel, Nur Koç
Pages : 101-117
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Publication Date : 2019-12-25
Article Type : Research
Abstract :William Shakespeare’s magnificent work Antony & Cleopatra introduces a divine love of two immortal lovers. In this love struggle, the magnificent heroes sacrifice for the sake of this eternal love. Thus they deserve to become immortal through such a divine love. The aim of this thesis is to investigate the meaning of love, honour and immortality through insight of the two great characters; Antony and Cleopatra. Through these questions this paper is going to scrutinize these issues: What do Antony & Cleopatra gain and lose for this divine love? How can two mortal lovers become immortal through a divine love?Keywords : Immortality, Power of Love, Sacrifice, Honour, Divinity