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Caesar and Cleopatra by: Bernard Shaw
Caesar and Cleopatra was written by Bernard Shaw in 1899 and first published in Dublin, Ireland. ... Caesar and Cleopatra is set in Egypt near the Syrian border and Alexandria. ...
Cleopatra is the protagonist of the play. ... Cleopatra under his will should have succeeded him jointly with her brother, Ptolemy, but was expelled by Ptolemy’s guardians (Hardwick and Hardwick 102). ... (225)
Cleopatra, although she has become at the end of the play, a precocious adult under Caesar’s influence, has lost her girlish charm without becoming a particularly attractive woman. ... Caesar is another protagonist of the play. Shaw’s Caesar was the first of his many “supermen”- people of extraordinary ability or ambition who seemed marked to lead humankind to a higher plane of evolution (Hardwick and Hardwick 99). Shaw once stated that:
As to Caesar himself, I have purposely avoided the usual anachronism of going to Caesars books, and concluding that the style is the man. ... (233)
Caesar is shown as a righteous and good man who helps those in need rather than a tyrannical and hard handed ruler. Caesar’s actions are thought of as noble and brave.
Approximate Word count = 935
Approximate Pages = 3.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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