Forgot your password?    Act 1, Scene 2 Notes from Antony and
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Charmian, a servant to Cleopatra, asks Alexas to call in the
Soothsayer, and he does. Charmian gives the soothsayer her palm
to read, begging him for a good fortune; he tells her he does
not make fortunes, he sees them, and for her he sees that she
will outlive Cleopatra. Charmian is happy, taking this to mean
long life. She asks him if she will have children, and he says
only if wishes had wombs--at this, she tells him to leave,
joking that she forgives him for saying this because he is a
fool. Iras is next. The soothsayer calls her chaste--at which
Charmian scoffs--and says that she has the same fortune as
Charmian. She says she would rather it be better than Charmian's
fortune, making a bawdy reference to a well-endowed potential
husband. The women then turn their attention to Alexas, praying
to Isis that he have an infertile