WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The plot is based on Thomas North’s 1579 English translation of Plutarch’s Lives (in Ancient Greek) and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony from the time of the Sicilian revolt to Cleopatra’s suicide during the War of Actium.

Detailed explanation-2: -Romeo and Juliet is based on an Arthur Brooke poem. The Bard based his star-crossed lovers on the main characters in Arthur Brooke’s 1562 poem “The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet.” Much like Shakespeare’s tale, Brooke’s poem is set in Verona, Italy.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shakespeare’s primary source for Antony and Cleopatra was the Life of Marcus Antonius contained in Plutarch’s Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, which was translated into English by Sir Thomas North in 1579 .

Detailed explanation-4: -Synopsis. A summary of Shakespeare’s Antony & Cleopatra-a tragedy of love and duty. Antony & Cleopatra written around 1606 is one of Shakespeare’s great historical love stories.

Detailed explanation-5: -Shakespeare’s principal source for the plot of Romeo and Juliet was The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet, a long narrative poem written in 1562 by the English poet Arthur Brooke, who had based his poem on a French translation of a tale by the Italian writer Matteo Bandello.

Detailed explanation-6: -Mark Antony and Cleopatra were partners for 11 years and had three children together. Apart from their undoubted mutual affection, their alliance was politically useful. Cleopatra needed Antony to revive the old boundaries of her kingdom, and Antony needed Egypt as a source of supplies and funds.