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How does Cleopatra present her 'infinite variety'? In the play 'Antony and Cleopatra' Shakespeare has made Cleopatra be seen as having infinite variety. She can present herself in many different ways with her being a queen with royalty, a mother, a lover to Antony and also a true friend. She can be a warm hearted mother and wife but she can also become a hardened warrior when it comes to battle. Throughout the play Cleopatra has a changeable nature; this is shown when she is talking to the messenger. She takes out her anger on the messenger because she is frightened that Antony might leave her. This shows the cruel, violent side of her and uses insults and threats towards the messenger. 'Horrible villain, or I'll spurn thine eyes like balls before me' The fact that she would rather the messenger lied to her so she could still be happy than know the truth,...

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