Ecocritical Reading of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra

Authors

  • Sajid Hussain Lecturer in English, Govt. Graduate College Chowk Azam, Layyah, Pakistan
  • Dr. Barirah Nazir Lecturer in English, Bhakkar campus, University of Sargodha, Pakistan
  • Raheel Rehman Khan Lecturer in English, Govt College University Faisalabad, Layyah Campus, Pakistan
  • Abdul Rashid lecturer in English, Bahadur sub campus layyah

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21015/vtess.v10i2.979

Abstract

The present study is aimed to trace out the relationship of nature and man in the play Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare. The major theoretical insights have been taken from the model of Ecocriticism proposed by Rueckert (2006) in his seminal work Metaphor and Reality: A Meditation on Man, Nature and Words. The ecocritical discourse analysis of the play, Antony and Cleopatra, reveals that there is proximal relationship between nature and human culture. Both human and nature remain interactive consistently. The ecocritical survey of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra concludes that each human character plays complete set of roles, either ecocidal or eco-affable depending upon the intensity of their eco-awareness. It can concluded that Nature has brightness and joy which happen to be essential elements blossom and revive in due course making possible the improvement and delighted restoration.

Author Biography

Abdul Rashid, lecturer in English, Bahadur sub campus layyah

Department of English, Bahadur sub campus layyah,BZU,Multan

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Primary Source

Shakespeare, W., & Harley, I. (2005). Antony and Cleopatra. Faber & Gwyer. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9780511801877

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2022-05-14

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Hussain, S., Nazir, D. B., Khan, R. R., & Rashid, A. (2022). Ecocritical Reading of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra. VFAST Transactions on Education and Social Sciences, 10(2), 32–37. https://doi.org/10.21015/vtess.v10i2.979

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