Marc Antony Compare And Contrast

The movement of Cleopatra's barge from the Cydnus River to Tarsus was a very prolific arrival that caught the attention of numerous individuals, especially Marc Antony. The two recounts depicted in Shakespeare's literature and the Cleopatra film offer slightly similar, but largely different stories of how the event occurred.
Shakespeare used much more colorful language in order to depict it the story such as when he described Cleopatra's boat by saying "The poop was beaten gold, purple the sails, and so perfumed that the winds were lovesick with them." The constant exaggeration and excellent imagery caused for the scenery to seem fancier and dreamier. Shakespeare spoke of gods, cupids, and mermaids which made the imagination run with the idea this was some sort of fantasy. Along with these descriptions, Shakespeare portrayed the interaction between Cleopatra and Antony to be very calm and romantic. They were inviting each other to banquets and as was in love with her throughout the story, but could not leave her. However, in the Cleopatra clip, Cleopatra was much more powerful and demanding than what she was depicted by Shakespeare.
The beginning of the clip seemed to closely align with Shakespeare's descriptions in the sense that the barge was glorious, and people flocked to see Cleopatra. Antony was …show more content…
In this depiction, Cleopatra acted proud, but reserved and purposely tried to subtly upset Octavian because she did not respect him. This Octavian became angrier and tried to force Cleopatra into revealing her children's whereabouts while convincing her to go to Rome, but was unable to until he promised her that Caesarion and his descendants would rule over Egypt after her death. This Cleopatra is in much more control and calling the shots which forces Octavian to compromise in order to receive what he demands, which slightly differs from the second