In the present text I’m going to analyze the first and the second scenes of Shakespeare’s play “Antony and Cleopatra” referring to page 97. In the first two scenes, the intelligent reader can find recurring elements in Shakespeare’s plays, such as the early introduction of conflict and the use of middle-conversation at the start of the scene. The first scene opens with a monologue by Philo. When a messenger announces news from Rome, Cleopatra interrupts the talk, asking Antony to hear him and predicting that the message will be from Fulvia and will tell him to come back to Rome. Antony replies saying that his place is next to Cleopatra in Egypt, not at Rome. In the second scene Cleopatra’s attendants ask a soothsayer, or fortune-teller, to reveal their futures. After that, messenger reports to Antony that Fulvia and Lucius, Antony’s brother, have mounted an army against Caesar but have lost their battle. Another messenger arrives to report that Fulvia is dead. Antony comments that he long desired his wife’s death but now wishes her alive again.