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Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre)
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As the play is Older Than Steam and most twists in Shakespeare's plots are now widely known, all spoilers on this page are unmarked.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })A Roman tragedy by William Shakespeare. It can be viewed as a sequel to Julius Caesar, since Caesar, and his assassins, are repeatedly alluded to in the play. Thematically it can be seen as a counterpoint to Romeo and Juliet, contrasting the naive young lovers of the earlier play with the older, more experienced lovers here. Shakespeare's source for the play was Thomas North's 1579 translation of Parallel Lives and the play is essentially an adaptation of it, adapting dialogues, scenes, and entire descriptions from it, almost word-for-word.The play focuses on the fall of Mark Antony, a Roman general, as he is seduced by Egyptian queen Cleopatra VII. Antony spends much of the play ignoring his duties as a general to Rome, while living it up in Alexandria with Cleo. Octavian Caesar, nephew of Julius, is unhappy with this, because Rome is involved in a war with Pompey and could really use Antony's help, but he's also shrewd because this gives him a window into finally offing his fellow triumvirs (Antony, Lepidus) and become Emperor. Antony leaves Alexandria for Rome, not realizing Octavius envies his power and plots to overthrow him when the war is over. Meanwhile, Cleopatra pines for Antony in his absence. Events then unfold, as Antony and Octavian Caesar fall out, and a Civil War brews over who will be the single master of the Empire, with the independence of Egypt hanging in balance.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The story is set in both Rome and Alexandria, and jumps from location to location constantly. It includes a battle at sea, cross-dressing, drunken reveling, a eunuch, and a very poignant suicide attempt which is interrupted by a clown. One of the most memorable aspects of the play is Cleopatra; she's considered the most complex female character in the Shakespeare canon, and she's certainly the most emotionally extreme. | |
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Conflicting Loyalty | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_14c791fb | comment |
Conflicting Loyalty: A major part of Antony's character. He's stuck between his love for Cleopatra and his duty to serve Rome. Enobarbus is conflicted between his love for Antony and his duty to Rome. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_173f5e3c | type |
Tag Team Suicide | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_173f5e3c | comment |
Tag Team Suicide: Two examples, actually; Antony's servant decides to off himself when Antony does, leaving Antony to kill himself... himself. He screws up, though, and gets brought to Cleopatra, who also decides to kill herself. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_2059a430 | type |
The Hedonist | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_2059a430 | comment |
The Hedonist: Egypt's inhabitants exemplify this to some extent. Mark Antony, having lived in Egypt for a while now also seems to be holding these ideals closely. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_2b278c5d | type |
Loss of Identity | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_2b278c5d | comment |
Loss of Identity: Another part of Antony's character due to his self view as a Roman soldier and his hedonistic actions and time spent in Egypt. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_2e8441c9 | type |
The Bad Guy Wins | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_2e8441c9 | comment |
The Bad Guy Wins: Caesar gets the Republic all to himself and destroys whatever semblance of constitutional law it had left. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_3ce9c9fa | type |
Fortune Teller | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_3ce9c9fa | comment |
Fortune Teller: The soothsayer. He tells Antony that Octavius is Born Lucky, will always win at dice, in bets, and that Antony's fortune will only diminish before Octavius. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_40c57041 | type |
Manipulative Bastard | |
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Manipulative Bastard: Caesar - no-one, not even his own sister, is safe from being a tool in his schemes. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_424d15ad | type |
Love Hurts | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_424d15ad | comment |
Love Hurts: It's a Shakespearean Tragedy, it's going to hurt quite a bit before the story is done. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_4276401c | type |
Shoot the Messenger | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_4276401c | comment |
Shoot the Messenger: Cleopatra very, very nearly does so with with the messenger who informs her Octavia has married Antony. She just barely holds herself back, but it's a perfect example of how terrifying her mood swings can be. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_44fc28e8 | type |
Honor Before Reason | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_44fc28e8 | comment |
Honor Before Reason: Sextus Pompey has every single one of his enemies drunk and onboard his flagship. When Menas suggests that they simply sail away and force the others to terms, Pompey refuses, albeit not out of moral considerations. As he explains, if Menas, having come up with that plot, acted on it and done it, giving Pompey plausible deniability, he would have pardoned and condoned Menas after the fact, but he cannot fully embark on this plan himself, since it would violate and compromise him forever among the Romans, and give him no base on which to act. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_4604fd4d | type |
Worthy Opponent | |
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Worthy Opponent: Sextus Pompey to the triumvirate. He refuses, for example, to kill the leading members when they're in a vulnerable position. | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_47fea76b | comment |
Butt-Monkey: Lepidus. He tries to be the mediator between Octavius and Antony and ends up getting jailed. | |
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Bearer of Bad News | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_4d846bbb | comment |
Bearer of Bad News: The messenger; Cleopatra beats him up for daring to report that Antony has married Octavia. He catches on, though, and later only brings Cleo good, if questionably truthful, news. The first messenger in Act 1, Scene 2 also lampshades how anyone who brings the bad news is often blamed for it. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_4e3d253b | type |
Downer Ending | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_4e3d253b | comment |
Downer Ending: Well, you knew it was coming. With the power struggle turning to Caesar's favor, and their relationship irreparably torn apart, both Antony and Cleopatra commit suicide, and the Roman Republic is transformed into an absolute monarch-led dictatorship. The only light at the end of the tunnel is that the newly-crowned Emperor Augustus (Caesar) is saddened by their deaths and arranges a state funeral for them. | |
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A Child Shall Lead Them | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_4e6e9b64 | comment |
A Child Shall Lead Them: Octavius Caesar, though older than most examples, is often noted for only being in his twenties and ruling Rome. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_5037b961 | type |
Et Tu, Brute? | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_5037b961 | comment |
Et Tu, Brute?: Enobarbus' betrayal affects Antony deeply. | |
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The Extremist Was Right | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_64d3ffd8 | comment |
The Extremist Was Right: Whilst Antony and Cleopatra are more sympathetic overall, it becomes increasingly difficult to argue that the world would be better off with them in charge rather than Caesar, at least if you measure authority by piety, probity, and other conservative values. | |
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Manly Tears | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_64e975cf | comment |
Manly Tears: Antony's men complain that Antony is making them cry during his supposedly-Rousing Speech. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_6c275297 | type |
The Fettered | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_6c275297 | comment |
The Fettered: A common trait among Romans and especially Antony. When he hears his home is under attack, his first instinct is to return with his men and defend Italy. | |
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Disc-One Final Boss | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_6de71c57 | comment |
Disc-One Final Boss: At the beginning of the play, Pompey seems to be the major threat, but he's settled before the halfway mark and the real threat turns out to be conflict between the Romans formerly allied against him. | |
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Bungled Suicide | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_72e1bd14 | comment |
Bungled Suicide: Antony has a hard time stabbing himself. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_730d3664 | type |
Adaptational Angst Upgrade | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_730d3664 | comment |
Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Enobarbus' despair, after his Face–Heel Turn, is given much more time than in the Plutarch. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_7ef728b1 | type |
Tsundere | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_7ef728b1 | comment |
Tsundere: Cleopatra acts this way for a short while in Act 1 Scene 3 to manipulate Antony into doing... something? | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_8976acda | type |
Civil War | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_8976acda | comment |
Civil War: In Italy. It's what spurs Antony to want to leave Egypt. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_8b568cb7 | type |
Posthumous Character | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_8b568cb7 | comment |
Posthumous Character: Fulvia's dead before she ever gets on stage. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_90b66e22 | type |
Femme Fatale | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_90b66e22 | comment |
Femme Fatale: Cleopatra, though she does genuinely love Antony. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_94389bb8 | type |
Athens and Sparta | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_94389bb8 | comment |
Athens and Sparta: Cleopatra's Alexandria is contrasted heavily with Rome, and Octavius finds it only too easy to spin Antony's romance with Cleopatra as being "un-Roman" and seeing the worldliness and richness of Alexandria as unbecoming of stern, and austere Rome. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_94680696 | type |
Shaped Like Itself | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_94680696 | comment |
Shaped Like Itself: Antony describing the crocodile to Lepidus is the Trope Namer. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_970c790a | type |
Big Bad | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_970c790a | comment |
Big Bad: Octavius Caesar fights against the titular couple to gain control of Rome and turn it into an empire, with himself as its Emperor. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_974b47a7 | type |
Men Are the Expendable Gender | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_974b47a7 | comment |
Men Are the Expendable Gender: Inverted, due to the time period's values and according to Enobarbus, women are. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_a201dad2 | type |
Passive-Aggressive Kombat | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_a201dad2 | comment |
Passive-Aggressive Kombat: Cleopatra's specialty and one of her many means of trying to manipulate other people. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_a65288e2 | type |
Ascended Extra | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_a65288e2 | comment |
Ascended Extra: Enobarbus has only a few lines in the Plutarch. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_a679184b | type |
Due to the Dead | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_a679184b | comment |
Due to the Dead: As he did with Brutus decades earlier, Caesar arranges a funeral for both Antony and Cleopatra]]. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_aaece264 | type |
Rousing Speech | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_aaece264 | comment |
Rousing Speech: Subverted — Antony's speech to his troops is rather... depressing. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_ac928039 | type |
Four-Star Badass | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_ac928039 | comment |
Four-Star Badass: Antony and Taurus. Even Caesar respects Antony's military prowess. | |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_ae3d6438 | type |
Deadpan Snarker | |
| Antony and Cleopatra (Theatre) / int_ae3d6438 | comment |
Deadpan Snarker: Enobarbus, who always has something snarky to say about Antony's behaviour around Cleo. In the boat party scene, he has a great line: Throughout Act 1, Scene 2, Charmian makes snarky remarks about all of the soothsayer's predictions. The soothsayer eventually gets in the game when Charmian asks how many children she will have. | |
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Face–Heel Turn | |
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Face–Heel Turn: Deconstructed with Enobarbus - his betrayal makes him so upset, he dies. | |
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Death by Despair | |
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Death by Despair: Enobarbus. But not before he finishes his nice long monologue, of course. | |
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Antagonist in Mourning | |
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Antagonist in Mourning: Ambiguous. Even though Caesar ultimately triumphs, the death of his former close friend affects him deeply, and he decides to arrange a funeral for him. Given Caesar's personality, though, it's equally plausible that he's mourning just for political points. | |
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Really Gets Around | |
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Really Gets Around: Certain Romans dissatisfied with Antony's behavior often call Cleopatra a whore. This is somewhat unfair. She had three affairs with famous men, twice to protect her realm and once for love, and cares deeply for the children arising from the second one. | |
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Xanatos Gambit | |
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Xanatos Gambit: Caesar pulls one in marrying his sister to Antony - if Antony is faithful, it breaks his influence in Egypt and binds him to Caesar. If he is not, it gives Caesar an excuse to go to war with him, as well as a propaganda coup. | |
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Pride | |
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Pride: A trait that the Romans exemplify quite a bit, to the point where they view the Egyptians as inferior for their lifestyle. | |
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Despair Event Horizon | |
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Despair Event Horizon: Being a Shakespearean play, this happens to many characters. Enobarbus, for exactly, actually dies from despair. | |
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Roaring Rampage of Romance | |
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Roaring Rampage of Romance: The affair between Anthony and Cleopatra starts a war and turns all their people against them. | |
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Who Would Want to Watch Us? | |
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Who Would Want to Watch Us?: "The quick comedians / Extemporally will stage us and present / Our Alexandrian revels. Antony / Shall be brought drunken forth, and I shall see / Some squeaking Cleopatra boy my greatness / I’ th’ posture of a whore." - Cleopatra's opinion of what plays Romans will make about her and Antony to humiliate them in her captivity. Unfortunately, this particular play is actually a tragedy. | |
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The Charmer | |
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The Charmer: Cleopatra, just another way for her to wrap you around her finger. | |
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Clothing Switch | |
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Clothing Switch: Cleo says in Act 2 Scene 5 that she and Antony swapped clothes. | |
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Clingy Jealous Girl | |
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Clingy Jealous Girl: Yet another persona of Cleopatra's large tool box for twisting Antony and others to doing what she wants. | |
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Popularity Cycle | |
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Popularity Cycle: Both Antony and Cleopatra are guilty of this. It gets lampshaded by Cleopatra, who is disappointed in Antony's lack of apparent grief for his first wife, Fulvia, whom he claimed to love. Later, Cleopatra's maid Charmian calls her out on claiming that she did not love Caesar as much, snarking that Cleopatra said the exact same compliments about Caesar. | |
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Complexity Addiction | |
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Complexity Addiction: Cleopatra can't simply say something straight to your face or ask you for something, she'll make sure to manipulate your emotions and thoughts to get what she wants, even when it's completely unnecessary or even counterproductive. | |
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Shoo Out the Clowns | |
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Shoo Out the Clowns: Weirdly averted — at the play's climax, after Antony has died and Cleopatra has decided to kill herself rather than be paraded to Rome as Octavius' trophy, she calls for someone to bring her some asps... and that someone is a Clown, who proceeds to make bawdy puns about the "worm" eating women. This happens right before Cleopatra kills herself. | |
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Faking the Dead | |
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Faking the Dead: Cleopatra decides to make Antony regret yelling at her by having her messenger announce she is dead. This prompts Antony to kill himself. Bad move, Cleo. | |
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Living Emotional Crutch | |
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Living Emotional Crutch: According to Enobarbus, men to women, because women supposedly can't control their emotions. | |
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Comically Missing the Point | |
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Comically Missing the Point: The soothsayer predicts that Charmian will outlive Cleopatra. Instead of noticing the vague portent of Cleopatra's death that this prediction carries, Charmian is simply happy to hear that she'll live long. (It' up to the reader, the actor or the director to decide whether this is genuine stupidity on Charmian's part or just an intentional joke.) | |
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Sympathy for the Hero | |
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Sympathy for the Hero: Caesar seems to pity Antony even while in the midst of taking him down. While some performances may turn the "Poor Antony" line into something more mocking, Caesar's grief at Antony's death shows true concern and feeling for Antony. | |
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Old Maid | |
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Old Maid: Charmian is rather unhappy about having no children. | |
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