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A character study of Cleopatra, from Shakespeares play Anthony and Cleopatra
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Cleopatra is a very strong woman, with a complex personality. She seems to be an intelligent woman, greatly respected by those whom she rules, and is deeply in love with Mark Antony, one of the triumvirate. On the other hand, she acts like a strumpet, and has a bad reputation in Rome, having had relationships with Pompey and Caesar. The way she behaves throughout the text shows her conflicting characteristics, and how these convey her to those surrounding her. Cleopatra is viewed differently by the Romans to the way she is in Egypt. Roman women were not as emancipated as Egyptian women, seen particularly in the women in Cleopatra's court, where the servants seem just as free to speak as the Queen herself. In Rome, the ideal woman had "beauty, wisdom and modesty", all of which are seen in Octavia. The Romans view Cleopatra with suspicion; she is a wealthy,...
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