Q: Dryden's All For Love is based on:
a) Absolem and Achitophel
b) Antony and Cleopatra
c) Nathaniel Lee
d) Grace Abounding
Correct answer: b) Antony and Cleopatra
Explanation of English Literature MCQs Test
All for Love by John Dryden
All for Love is a heroic drama by John Dryden written in 1677. It is a tragedy written in blank verse and it is an attempt on Dryden's part to reinvigorate serious drama. It is an acknowledged imitation of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra and focuses on the last hours of the lives of its hero and heroine. It is the conflict of reason and honours with passion in the form of illicit love. It seems that Dryden wished to show how Antony, torn between these two, chooses unreasonable, passionate love and is consequently punished for his denial of reason.
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