 | Stephen Orgel, Sean Keilen - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 356 pages
...minister of her will. But she will not be Fortune's knave; she reiterates her decision for freedom: ... it is great To do that thing that ends all other deeds, Which shackles accidents and bolts up change, This mortal house I'll ruin, Do Caesar what he can. The contest for the life of Cleopatra begins; Cleopatra... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Generals - 2000 - 404 pages
...begin to make A better life. 'Tis paltry to be Caesar— Not being Fortune, he's but Fortune's knave, A minister of her will — and it is great To do that...change, Which sleeps, and never palates more the dung, 5.2.0 Enter. . . lras] CAPELt.; F adds imd Mardian 7 dung] ; . dug THEOBALD (dugg) 5.2.0 Enter Cleopatra... | |
 | Leon Garfield - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1995 - 328 pages
...Cleopatra was resolved to die. Securely locked in her monument, she tried to comfort her fearful women. "It is great to do that thing that ends all other...never palates more the dung, the beggar's nurse and Caesar's — " There came a knocking on the outer door. Cleopatra started in alarm. A voice called... | |
 | Harry Levin - Drama - 2000 - 170 pages
...mere instruments at the bidding of a capricious bitch-goddess. True greatness, Cleopatra goes on, is To do that thing that ends all other deeds, Which...never palates more the dung, The beggar's nurse and Caesar's. (5-8) Death, which one may take into one's own hands, cancels all misfortunes and levels... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 636 pages
...greatness consists in rising so superior to life that life can be cast off with indifference, — * To do that thing that ends all other deeds, 'Which shackles accidents, and bolts up change.' From now on, to her last hour, her resolution never falters. Of course, she wishes to make the best... | |
 | George Wilson Knight - Drama - 2002 - 348 pages
...begin to make A better life. 'Tis paltry to be Caesar; Not being Fortune, he's but Fortune's knave, A minister of her will: and it is great To do that...never palates more the dung — The beggar's nurse and Caesar's. (v. ii. i) An intuitive perception of a difficult thought, that of death's 39 positive and... | |
 | George Wilson Knight - Drama - 2002 - 396 pages
...begin to make A better life. 'Tis paltry to be Caesarj Not being Fortune, he 's but Fortune's knave, A minister of her will: and it is great To do that...never palates more the dung, The beggar's nurse and Caesar's. (v. ii. i) 'Death' is not here even named. It is 'a better life',' that thing. ..." Here,... | |
 | Agnes Heller - Fiction - 2002 - 390 pages
...to make / A better life. 'Tis paltry to be Caesar. / Not being Fortune, he's but Fortune's knave, / A minister of her will. And it is great / To do that...bolts up change, / Which sleeps and never palates more than dung, / The beggar's nurse, and Caesar's" (5.2. 1-8). Cleopatra speaks like Hamlet. But then Proculeius... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 2002 - 228 pages
...to be Caesar. Not being Fortune, he's but Fortune's knave, A minister of her will. And it is great 5 To do that thing that ends all other deeds, Which...never palates more the dung, The beggar's nurse and Caesar's. Enter Proculeius Proculeius Caesar sends greeting to the queen of Egypt, 10 And bids thee... | |
 | George Wilson Knight - Drama - 1958 - 336 pages
...cradle babe, Dying with mother's dug between its lips. (HI. ii. 388) Compare Antony and Cleopatra: . . . and it is great To do that thing that ends all other...up change, Which sleeps, and never palates more the dug, The beggar's nurse and Caesar's. (v. ii. 4) something of the future Antony and Cleopatra throughout... | |
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My desolation does begin to make A better life : Tis paltry to be Caesar; Not being fortune, he's but fortune's knave, A minister of her will ; And it is great To do that thing that ends all other deeds ; Which shackles accidents, and bolts up change;... 
