Cleopatra, Chapter 29 — краткое содержание

Что происходит

1. Harmachis controls Antony with drugs, misleads Cleopatra with prophecies, and persuades Egyptian priests to seek peace with Caesar.
2. Charmion secretly encourages Seleucus to surrender Pelusium, and Cleopatra stores her treasures in her tomb for possible destruction.
3. Cleopatra tests poisons on slaves and asks Harmachis to prepare a painless means of death.
4. Antony returns after driving back Caesar’s cavalry, but Caesar rejects his challenge to single combat.
5. Antony addresses his commanders, promises rewards, provides for defeat, and wins their oath of loyalty.
6. Harmachis urges the commanders to desert, summons a vision of Isis departing, and finds himself alone after they flee.

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На что обратить внимание

Harmachis recognizes Antony’s suffering and feels sympathy, but chooses revenge over mercy. This explains his determination to break the commanders’ loyalty.

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