Antony and Cleopatra, Act 4 Scene 6 runs 43 lines of dialogue, spoken by 5 speakers. That is shorter than the play’s average scene length of about 85 lines. This scene is part of Act 4 of Antony and Cleopatra.
Full Dialogue
Octavius Caesar ♂
Go forth, Agrippa, and begin the fight:
Our will is Antony be took alive;
Make it so known.
Our will is Antony be took alive;
Make it so known.
Agrippa ♂
Caesar, I shall.
Octavius Caesar ♂
The time of universal peace is near:
Prove this a prosperous day, the three-nook'd world
Shall bear the olive freely.
Prove this a prosperous day, the three-nook'd world
Shall bear the olive freely.
Messenger ♂
Antony
Is come into the field.
Is come into the field.
Octavius Caesar ♂
Go charge Agrippa
Plant those that have revolted in the van,
That Antony may seem to spend his fury
Upon himself.
Plant those that have revolted in the van,
That Antony may seem to spend his fury
Upon himself.
Domitius Enobarbus ♂
Alexas did revolt; and went to Jewry on
Affairs of Antony; there did persuade
Great Herod to incline himself to Caesar,
And leave his master Antony: for this pains
Caesar hath hang'd him. Canidius and the rest
That fell away have entertainment, but
No honourable trust. I have done ill;
Of which I do accuse myself so sorely,
That I will joy no more.
Affairs of Antony; there did persuade
Great Herod to incline himself to Caesar,
And leave his master Antony: for this pains
Caesar hath hang'd him. Canidius and the rest
That fell away have entertainment, but
No honourable trust. I have done ill;
Of which I do accuse myself so sorely,
That I will joy no more.
Soldier ♂
Enobarbus, Antony
Hath after thee sent all thy treasure, with
His bounty overplus: the messenger
Came on my guard; and at thy tent is now
Unloading of his mules.
Hath after thee sent all thy treasure, with
His bounty overplus: the messenger
Came on my guard; and at thy tent is now
Unloading of his mules.
Domitius Enobarbus ♂
I give it you.
Soldier ♂
Mock not, Enobarbus.
I tell you true: best you safed the bringer
Out of the host; I must attend mine office,
Or would have done't myself. Your emperor
Continues still a Jove.
I tell you true: best you safed the bringer
Out of the host; I must attend mine office,
Or would have done't myself. Your emperor
Continues still a Jove.
Domitius Enobarbus ♂
I am alone the villain of the earth,
And feel I am so most. O Antony,
Thou mine of bounty, how wouldst thou have paid
My better service, when my turpitude
Thou dost so crown with gold! This blows my heart:
If swift thought break it not, a swifter mean
Shall outstrike thought: but thought will do't, I feel.
I fight against thee! No: I will go seek
Some ditch wherein to die; the foul'st best fits
My latter part of life.
And feel I am so most. O Antony,
Thou mine of bounty, how wouldst thou have paid
My better service, when my turpitude
Thou dost so crown with gold! This blows my heart:
If swift thought break it not, a swifter mean
Shall outstrike thought: but thought will do't, I feel.
I fight against thee! No: I will go seek
Some ditch wherein to die; the foul'st best fits
My latter part of life.
43 lines rendered verbatim from the dialogue corpus.
Who’s On Stage
Speaking characters in this scene
| Character | Lines | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Domitius Enobarbus | 20 | 46.5% |
| Soldier | 10 | 23.3% |
| Octavius Caesar | 10 | 23.3% |
| Messenger | 2 | 4.7% |
| Agrippa | 1 | 2.3% |
Line distribution
The top speaker in this scene delivers 20 lines, while the scene’s average per speaker is about 9 lines.
Total speakers on stage
5 named characters speak in this scene.
Scene in Context
Position within Act 4
This is Scene 6 of 15 in Act 4 of Antony and Cleopatra.
Scene length vs. play average
At 43 lines, this scene is shorter than the Antony and Cleopatra average scene in Antony and Cleopatra (~85 lines).
Adjacent scenes
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