"Was he not like Keats?...a taste of Antony and Cleopatra...and the Waterloo Road" (85).
Antony and Cleopatra is a tale of Romeo and Juliet; both lovers want to be together, but they cannot find a way to be. In the end, they both end up committing suicide in one form or another. Virginia Woolf includes this tale in her novel to explain how Rezia feels toward her husband Septimus. He appears lifeless since he has returned from the war and Virginia Woolf shows Rezia's personality by saying that she would give him Antony and Cleopatra. It gives the impression that Rezia wanted him to feel towards her like he used to; get back to his loving old self again. Woolf depicts the scenario between Rezia and Septimus perfectly by using the reference to Antony and Cleopatra to emphasize her thought of how love can be so determined and true love never truly surrenders but works harder to fight through the obstacles, which is exactly what Rezia is trying to do.
"Antony and Cleopatra." Sparknotes. 26 September 2009. 2009.
http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/antony/
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