JAMB - Literature In English (2025 - No. 53)
This question is based on ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.
Caesar: "She shall be buried by her Antony: / No grave upon the earth shall clip in it / A pair so famous."
Dolabella: "Caesar, thy thoughts / Touch their effects in this: thyself art coming / To see perform'd the dreaded act which thou / So sought'st to hinder."
Which theme does this exchange between Caesar and Dolabella reflect most?
Roman nationalism
Divine punishment
Ironic inevitability
Sexual jealousy
Explanation
Caesar's arrival is too late to prevent Cleopatra's suicide. The irony lies in his plan to display her as a trophy in Rome — now thwarted. The tone is grim with the awareness that fate has outpaced strategy.
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