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TY  - JOUR
VL  - 110
IS  - no. 3
T2  - Studies in Philology
SP  - 562-83
ID  - bbbc526
T1  - "Disappearing Act: The Role of Enobarbus in Antony and Cleopatra"
AU  - Read, David
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2026
KW  - Cleopatra
KW  - Enobarbus
KW  - death
KW  - genre
LA  - English
AB  - "Argue[s] that Enobarbus's demise aligns symbolically with Cleopatra's as an instance of an easy death, and moreover a death that . . . enables the character to avoid the full weight of the catastrophe that conventionally occurs at the end of a tragic drama." Concludes that "Shakespeare's treatment of Enobarbus and Cleopatra offers interesting resonances with other late plays that have tragic elements but fit uneasily into any single genre. English summary, 562.
ER  -