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September 10, 2025Open Access

Biopolitics in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra: Power, Sovereignty, and the Regulation of Life

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Analysis explores shifts in sovereign power and biopolitics within Antony and Cleopatra, highlighting individual agency and resistance.

The analysis reveals how the play challenges conventional notions of power and sovereignty.
Key scenes illustrate the transition from sovereign power over death to biopolitical regulation of life.
The characters’ suicides are interpreted as acts of resistance against biopolitical control.
This study draws on theories of biopolitics from Foucault and Agamben to enrich literary discourse.

Ullah et al. (2025) studied this question.

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