Once again I find myself feeling as if I have sat through a synoptic lecture on Cleopatra from Bloom himself. Sure, it won't be deep enough for the ardent academic, but for the at home reader these are really nice little books where you get some well expressed thoughts and ideas. His passion for Shakespeare is evident, and indeed quite zealous, but this volume had more comparison material than Macbeth, that I found helpful in understanding the points Bloom was trying to make.

I like this 'personalities' series and will eventually read them all.