“Part 1 How does this passage characterize the relationship between Anthony and Cleopatra and how does this compare to its portrayal in other Roman sources in Book 1, Chapter 1? [499 words] TMA 01 Part 2 Compare and contrast Czannes Bathers with Correggios Leda with the Swan. [516 words]”

Through the excerpt provided, we can assume that the dynamics between Anthony and Cleopatra is that she was the dominant figure in their relationship, manipulating Anthony to fight her cause against what essentially was his kinsman. The beginning of the piece flows quickly through Anthonys defeat with Plutarchs description of Anthony decreeing his undying love for her and hoping to meet her again in the afterlife strengthening the idea that he was beyond enamoured with her  borderline obsessed. The information provided by Plutarch reflecting wider Roman public opinions of the twos antics is very clear, the power that Cleopatra held over Anthony reduced him from a man with strong morals to a ruined man consumed by vice, their relationship is a negative coupling resulting only in defeat, desertion and death. There is one brief mention within the passage where the dynamics of the t…(short extract)