Dedication; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Shakespeare and the vulnerable self; Part I. Julius Caesar; 1. "A beast without a heart": Pietas and pity in Julius Caesar; 2. "The northern star": Constancy and passibility in Julius Caesar; Conclusion to Part 1: Shakespeare’s Passion play; Part II. Antony and Cleopatra; 3. "The high Roman fashion": Suicide and Stoicism in Antony and Cleopatra; 4. "A spacious mirror": Interpellation and the other in Antony and Cleopatra; Conclusion to Part II: The last interpellation; Conclusion: Between humanism and antihumanism; Index.