Show Notes
Some memorable lines from the Weird Sisters: "Eye of newt and toe of frog,"
"Something wicked this way comes."
"for none of woman born
Shall harm Macbeth."
"Macbeth shall never vanquished be until
Great Birnam Wood to high Dunsinane Hill
Shall come against him."
More from Shakespeare Closely Read
Cleopatra is distraught to hear of Antony's marriage to Octavia. Sextus Pompey makes peace with the Triumverate.
Antony leaves Egypt and Cleopatra to meet Octavian and Lepidus to meet the threat of Pompey. Agrippa arranges a marriage between Antony and Octavia, Octavian's sister.
Anthony is neglecting his duty while dalying with Cleopatra. He receives news that his wife, Fulvia, has died.
I read and analyze T.S Eliot's Christmas poem, "The Journey of the Magi." I include a reading of Lancelot Andrewe's Christmas Homily that Eliot stole, err relied heavily upon in this poem.
Anthony, in misfortune, was most nearly a virtuous man.