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Main theme of the drama ceasar and cleopatra

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What is the main theme in Caesar and Cleopatra?

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As with many of Shaw's plays, the main theme of Caesar and Cleopatra is war and politics. While other writers might have thought of the relationship between the Egyptian queen and Roman political leader in terms of a romance, Shaw suggests that a sophisticated, middle-aged Roman such as Caesar would actually have little romantic interest in a child he would have seen as superstitious, naive, and barbaric, but instead, as a fundamentally decent man, might have acted as a mentor to the young Queen