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Lear, the aging king of Britain, decides to step down from the throne and divide his kingdom evenly among his three daughters. First, however, he puts his daughters through a test, asking each to tell him how much she loves him. Goneril and Regan, Lear’s older daughters, give their father flattering answers. But Cordelia, Lear’s youngest and favorite daughter, remains silent, saying that she has no words to describe how much she loves her father. Lear flies into a rage and disowns Cordelia. The king of France, who has courted Cordelia, says that he still wants to marry her even without her land, and she accompanies him to France without her father’s blessing.Lear quickly learns that he made a bad decision. Goneril and Regan swiftly begin to undermine the little authority that Lear still holds. Unable to believe that his beloved daughters are betraying him, Lear slowly goes insane. He flees his daughters’ houses to wander on a heath during a great thunderstorm, accompanied by his Fool and by Kent, a loyal nobleman in disguise..an elderly nobleman named Gloucester also experiences family problems. His illegitimate son, Edmund, tricks him into believing that his legitimate son, Edgar, is trying to kill him. Fleeing the manhunt that his father has set for him, Edgar disguises himself as a crazy beggar and calls himself “Poor Tom.” Like Lear, he heads out onto the heath.

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othello

desdemona get married with Othello.Their marriage is sabotaged by the envious Iago, who convinces Othello that Desdemona is unfaithful.Iago tells the audience of his scheme, arranges for Cassio to lose his position as lieutenant, and gradually insinuates to Othello that Desdemona is unfaithful.when Othello kneels with Iago and vows not to change course until he has achieved bloody revenge.which Othello watches and sees as “proof” that Cassio and Desdemona have slept together.Iago unsuccessfully attempts to kill Cassio, and Othello smothers Desdemona with a pillow.Emilia exposes Iago’s deceptions, Othello kills himself, and Iago is taken away to be tortured.

SUMMARY
Antony is torn between his duties as a Roman ruler and soldier and his desire to live in Egypt with his lover, Cleopatra. This inner conflict leads him to become embroiled in a war with Caesar, one of his fellow triumvirs.Caesar lures Antony out of Egypt and back to Rome, and marries Antony to his sister, Octavia. Antony eventually returns to Egypt and Cleopatra, and Caesar prepares to lead an army against Antony.Antony disgraces himself by fleeing the battle of Actium to follow Cleopatra, betraying his own image of himself as a noble Roman.Cleopatra abandons Antony during the second naval battle, leaving him to suffer an insurmountable defeat.The struggle between reason and emotion; the clash of East and West; the definition of honor.
ANTONY
- One of the three rulers of the Roman Empire
- Throughout the play, Antony grapples with the conflict between his love for Cleopatra and his duties to the Roman Empire.
- The geographical poles that draw him in opposite directions represent deep-seated conflicts between his reason and emotion, his sense of duty and his desire, his obligations to the state and his private needs.
-he is  madly in love with Cleopatra.
CLEOPATRA
The queen of Egypt and Antony’s lover.
 - Her as a decadent foreign woman and a noble ruler.
 - A highly attractive woman who once seduced Julius Caesar
CEASER
Ocatavius Caesar is both a menacing adversary for Antony and a rigid representation of Roman law and order.
-He is convincingly human
THEME
The struggle between reason and emotion; the clash of East and West; the definition of honor