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Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra Translation Act 4, Scene 13
Enter CLEOPATRA, CHARMIAN, IRAS, and MARDIAN
CLEOPATRA
Help me, my women! Oh, he’s more madThan Telamon for his shield. The boar of ThessalyWas never so embossed.
CLEOPATRA
Help me, my women! Oh, he's more angrier than Ajax when he was denied Achilles' shield. The boar of Thessaly never foamed at the mouth with more rage.
CHARMIAN
To th’ monument! 5 There lock yourself and send him word you are dead. The soul and body rive not more in parting Than greatness going off.
CHARMIAN
Go to your tomb! Lock yourself inside and send him a message that you are dead. When a great man loses his greatness, he falls lower than anyone—his greatness goes farther from him than the soul goes from the body in death.
CLEOPATRA
To th’ monument!— Mardian, go tell him I have slain myself. 10 Say that the last I spoke was “Antony,” And word it, prithee, piteously. Hence, Mardian, And bring me how he takes my death. [To the others] To th’ monument!
CLEOPATRA
To the tomb!
[To MARDIAN] Mardian, go tell him I have killed myself. Tell him the last word I spoke was "Antony," and please, fill your voice with pity when you say it. Get going, Mardian, and tell me how he reacts to the news of my death.
[To the others] To the tomb!
Exeunt
About the Translator: Maria Devlin
Maria Devlin received her Ph.D. in English Literature from Harvard University, where she specialized in Renaissance drama. She has worked as a bibliographical and editorial assistant for The Norton Anthology of English Literature and for The Norton Shakespeare. She is currently working with Stephen Greenblatt to design online courses on Shakespeare, including the modules "Hamlet's Ghost" and "Shylock's Bond" offered through HarvardX. She is writing a book on Renaissance comedy.
Maria Devlin wishes to credit the following sources, which she consulted extensively in composing her translations and annotations:
William Shakespeare. The New Oxford Shakespeare: Modern Critical Edition. Eds. Gary Taylor et al. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.
William Shakespeare. The Norton Shakespeare, 3rd ed. Eds. Stephen Greenblatt et al. New York: W.W. Norton& Company, Inc., 2016.
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