ed by the characters, seems so extravagant that it defies credibility. In this regard, Charney cites the "very unorthodox and dramatic" (18) similes, personifications, and hyperboles in the play, also referring to the poetry as "the reaching-out of the imagination for superlatives" (20) as "demanded by the spaciousness and scope of the play's themes."
Consider for example Antony's wretched state of mind after war has begun with Caesar. He shames Cleopatra (for the moment) into asking pardon fo
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