Antony and Cleopatra-How to Write Analytical Paragraphs

These slides provide structured support for close analysis of key quotations in Antony and Cleopatra.

Each slide includes:

• A WHAT / HOW / WHY scaffold to push students into higher-level thinking.
• Model sentence stems to structure analytical writing.
• A methods box tailored directly to the quotation and scene.
• A themes grid linking the quotation to wider ideas across the play.

Quotations covered include:

• Antony – “Now, for the love of Love and her soft hours…” (Act 1 Scene 1)
• Antony – “I must from this enchanting queen break off…” (Act 1 Scene 2)
• Antony – “Betray’d I am: O this false soul of Egypt!” (Act 4 Scene 12)
• Antony – “Sometimes we see a cloud that’s dragonish…” (Act 4 Scene 14)
• Cleopatra – “If it be love indeed, tell me how much.” (Act 1 Scene 1)
• Cleopatra – “To the monument! Mardian, go tell him I have slain myself…” (Act 4 Scene 13)
• Cleopatra – “My desolation does begin to make / A better life…” (Act 5 Scene 2)
• Enobarbus – “Mine honesty and I begin to square…” (Act 3 Scene 13)
• Enobarbus – “O Antony, Nobler than my revolt is infamous…” (Act 4 Scene 9)