tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post2088562578282171755..comments2024-03-27T21:43:02.451-04:00Comments on NEW SAVANNA: Why I Love Antony and CleopatraBill Benzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-89146619083924534352010-06-19T15:40:16.389-04:002010-06-19T15:40:16.389-04:00Thanks for the comment, Justin. Sounds right to me...Thanks for the comment, Justin. Sounds right to me.<br /><br />& it reminds me of a scene in and old Marx Bros film, <i>Duck Soup</i>, where it talks Groucho about a minute to talk himself into declaring war.Bill Benzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360044945265178991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6535481649727720492.post-42519587170773829652010-06-19T11:47:08.595-04:002010-06-19T11:47:08.595-04:00Cleopatra's rhetoric is the real hero in Anton...Cleopatra's rhetoric is the real hero in Antony and Cleopatra. It triumphs first over Antony - in having him forsake his political self and even his masculinity. It triumphs over Cleopatra herself - she so convincingly pretends to be in love with antony that by the fourth or fifth act she actually is in love with antony. Finally, she so elegantly frames her own death as to make it a triumph. Justinhttp://www.youtube.com/user/acertainslantnoreply@blogger.com