Antony and Cleopatra, Act 3 Scene 10 runs 45 lines of dialogue, spoken by 3 speakers. That is shorter than the play’s average scene length of about 85 lines. This scene is part of Act 3 of Antony and Cleopatra.
Full Dialogue
Domitius Enobarbus ♂
Naught, naught all, naught! I can behold no longer:
The Antoniad, the Egyptian admiral,
With all their sixty, fly and turn the rudder:
To see't mine eyes are blasted.
The Antoniad, the Egyptian admiral,
With all their sixty, fly and turn the rudder:
To see't mine eyes are blasted.
Scarus ♂
Gods and goddesses,
All the whole synod of them!
All the whole synod of them!
Domitius Enobarbus ♂
What's thy passion!
Scarus ♂
The greater cantle of the world is lost
With very ignorance; we have kiss'd away
Kingdoms and provinces.
With very ignorance; we have kiss'd away
Kingdoms and provinces.
Domitius Enobarbus ♂
How appears the fight?
Scarus ♂
On our side like the token'd pestilence,
Where death is sure. Yon ribaudred nag of Egypt,–
Whom leprosy o'ertake!–i' the midst o' the fight,
When vantage like a pair of twins appear'd,
Both as the same, or rather ours the elder,
The breese upon her, like a cow in June,
Hoists sails and flies.
Where death is sure. Yon ribaudred nag of Egypt,–
Whom leprosy o'ertake!–i' the midst o' the fight,
When vantage like a pair of twins appear'd,
Both as the same, or rather ours the elder,
The breese upon her, like a cow in June,
Hoists sails and flies.
Domitius Enobarbus ♂
That I beheld:
Mine eyes did sicken at the sight, and could not
Endure a further view.
Mine eyes did sicken at the sight, and could not
Endure a further view.
Scarus ♂
She once being loof'd,
The noble ruin of her magic, Antony,
Claps on his sea-wing, and, like a doting mallard,
Leaving the fight in height, flies after her:
I never saw an action of such shame;
Experience, manhood, honour, ne'er before
Did violate so itself.
The noble ruin of her magic, Antony,
Claps on his sea-wing, and, like a doting mallard,
Leaving the fight in height, flies after her:
I never saw an action of such shame;
Experience, manhood, honour, ne'er before
Did violate so itself.
Domitius Enobarbus ♂
Alack, alack!
Canidius ♂
Our fortune on the sea is out of breath,
And sinks most lamentably. Had our general
Been what he knew himself, it had gone well:
O, he has given example for our flight,
Most grossly, by his own!
And sinks most lamentably. Had our general
Been what he knew himself, it had gone well:
O, he has given example for our flight,
Most grossly, by his own!
Domitius Enobarbus ♂
Ay, are you thereabouts?
Why, then, good night indeed.
Why, then, good night indeed.
Canidius ♂
Toward Peloponnesus are they fled.
Scarus ♂
'Tis easy to't; and there I will attend
What further comes.
What further comes.
Canidius ♂
To Caesar will I render
My legions and my horse: six kings already
Show me the way of yielding.
My legions and my horse: six kings already
Show me the way of yielding.
Domitius Enobarbus ♂
I'll yet follow
The wounded chance of Antony, though my reason
Sits in the wind against me.
The wounded chance of Antony, though my reason
Sits in the wind against me.
45 lines rendered verbatim from the dialogue corpus.
Who’s On Stage
Speaking characters in this scene
| Character | Lines | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Scarus | 21 | 46.7% |
| Domitius Enobarbus | 15 | 33.3% |
| Canidius | 9 | 20.0% |
Line distribution
The top speaker in this scene delivers 21 lines, while the scene’s average per speaker is about 15 lines.
Total speakers on stage
3 named characters speak in this scene.
Scene in Context
Position within Act 3
This is Scene 10 of 13 in Act 3 of Antony and Cleopatra.
Scene length vs. play average
At 45 lines, this scene is shorter than the Antony and Cleopatra average scene in Antony and Cleopatra (~85 lines).
Adjacent scenes
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