The final Act of Antony and Cleopatra play is very intense and tragic. The death of Antony created a great lament of everyone who knew him. Even Caesar, despite the feud between him and Antony admits the loss of a great warrior. Emperor states that half of the world died together with Mark Antony and the universe should have a greater reaction to it:

The breaking of so great a thing should make

A greater crack. The round world

Should have shook lions into civil streets

And citizens to their dens. (5.1. 14-17)

What is interesting to point out is that the weeping of Caesar is almost as dramatic as the one of Cleopatra, which shows the special relationship the triumvirs had. The lament turned the figure of Antony into someone with supernatural and godlike features: voice sounded like “tuned spheres” when calm and like “rattling thunder” when angry (5.2.84-86), according to Egyptian Queen.

The tragedy of Cleopatra is in her own fear of being not only concurred but also humiliated and put on display for Romans’ amusement: “Shall they hoist me up and show me to the shouting varletry of censuring Rome?” (5.2.55-57). This fear pushes her to choose suicide just like Antony in order to escape humiliation. But she can not die unprepared, even death for Cleopatra has to be staged and orchestrated according to her vision. She decides that she has to look her best and glorious and there must be no blood, therefor the asps that Clown brings her come in handy. The scene gets a little comical towards the end where she gets jealous that Iras dies before her and may reach Mark Anthony faster.

Caesar, to my opinion, shows himself as a very noble ruler, he does not deny Antony and Cleopatra a proper burial and insists that entire Roman army should attend it to show their respect to the deceased.