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