Antony and Cleopatra: Comprehensive Guide for A Level

Set text for:
  • Edexcel A Level
  • Eduqas A Level
  • WJEC A Level

Passion contests politics and devotion combats duty in Shakespeare’s gripping play. Explore the stormy relationship between Antony and Cleopatra, and how it contributes to their tragic ends and the triumph of their opponents, with this helpful guide of summaries, analysis, activities and teaching suggestions.

Consolidate and deepen learning! Throughout:
  • debate prompts
  • active learning tasks
  • further reading suggestions
  • context boxes

Plus! Revision and essay-writing activities!

The pack tackles the key stages of text analysis:

  1. Walk-through
    Thorough section-by-section commentary walks students through each scene
  2. Drawing it all together
    In-depth discussion of whole text focuses on: characterisation, relationships, genre, themes, attitudes and values, language, form, structure, context, literary approaches
  3. Indicative content
    Supports teaching with suggested content for key tasks

Plus! Glossary of key terms ensures full understanding, and further reading suggestions push stronger students

What do teachers say about this resource? (9771)

Well-researched... Gave much useful information about the text and what happens during the course of the play. It was helpfully broken down into a walkthrough of the scenes and action which made it easy to follow and helped trace the plot of the play... I particularly liked the Active Learning Tasks: there were a number of different activities designed to help students interact with the text and consolidate their knowledge... The educational value of this resource lies in its consolidation of the text: sitting alongside a teaching unit, this would give perfect support and differentiation to pupils to allow them to go back over particular sections, teach themselves certain sections, and further develop their knowledge of the text. This is the kind of resource that parents often ask me to provide for their children to help and support their study.

J Hathaway, Head of English & Peer Reviewer