Antony and Cleopatra Essay Help?

[xicarus_complex]

Hi all,
I've spent the last two weeks on an essay about Enobarbus (from Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra), but I can't seem to reconcile my ideas into a coherent whole and I'm superfrustrated, so I'd really appreciate any advice/thoughts from the community! My thesis has gone through several iterations and I'm not satisfied with any, but I've

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[xicarus_complex]

As I understand it, the community doesn't have any explicit rules against essay-related posts. I only come here if I've thought about my question at some length because it's far more likely to provoke discussion. Though I probably should've said so more clearly, I'm more interested in the discussion than a quick answer. In that respect, i believed my post to be in the spirit of english_majors, but if it's frowned on, then I apologize. Based on previous experience (and previous posts), I didn't imagine that to be the case, but of course, I'm open to correction. Possibly I took snark much too seriously?

I appreciate your input: I haven't found either Wikipedia or SparkNotes particularly useful for this assignment D:, but I have accessed several articles through JSTOR over the past two weeks. I found the wealth of scholarship on Antony and Cleopatra overwhelming--and the scholarship on Enobarbus just the opposite, but I stumbled across an article yesterday that centred me a little. My thesis now reads: The parallels between Antony and Enobarbus reveal the immense political, martial, and social sacrifice that love demands, but for both men, their "noble ruin" is well-worth pain, and even death. The thesis is admittedly messy, but I think it's more coherent, particularly if I don't have an opportunity for dialogue. I know many comm members are in the midst of their break or their studies, so :/.

All that said, thanks again for your encouragement. It's nice to know that my outline is coherent to an outsider; I've spent so much time with the essay that I go cross-eyed at the thought of it and I did benefit from the reassurance :).

I received a comment notification at 3:51p.m. EST (says Gmail) and according to the timestamp, you posted around the same time, but I may just have been lucky because several people in the communities I follow have complained of spotty comment / update notifications and with LJ, I expect it.

[coldlikedeath]

Glad you possibly know what you're doing! If it makes sense to me, it'll make sense to you. Go have a cup of coffee and breathe, alright? That would be good for me but I need to sleep and I have an exam in the morning...