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How is Cleopatra's 'infinite variety' reflected in the language that she uses? In your answer you should include detailed reference to at least 2 passages from the play.
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How is Cleopatra's 'infinite variety' reflected in the language that she uses? In your answer you should include detailed reference to at least 2 passages from the play. Throughout the play many sides of Cleopatra are shown, this suggests she is constantly masking her true feelings, this ability shows her as a good queen of Egypt, but also a stubborn, yet scared person. The first passage I will refer to is Act I, Scene 1, where Antony and Cleopatra are happy and flirtatious. Here Cleopatra is portrayed as a flirtatious and dominant character, almost like a 'femme fatale' with her use of language suggesting this via words and statements such as "If it be love indeed, tell me how much", "Hear the ambassadors", these two statements are direct and dominant, she tells Antony to do these things rather than asking him. Also, the way she talks about love in this...
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