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Antony and Cleopatra is essentially a male dominated play in which the character of Cleopatra takes significance as one of few female figures and definitely the only strong female character.

As Oriana Palusci says in her article " When Boys or Women Tell Their Dreams: Cleopatra and the Boy Actor ," “ Cleopatra constantly occupies the centre, if not of the stage, certainly of the discourse, often charged with sexual innuendos and disparaging tirades, of the male Roman world ”.

We see the significance of this figure by the constant mention of her, even when she is not on stage.