Part 1 Cleopatra Choose one of the modern representations of Cleopatra in film or TV presented in module materials. How far is this consistent with roman depictions of her in Book1‚ chapter1? The way Cleopatra is portrayed in the film “Cleopatra” 1963 starting Elizabeth Taylor is linked to the way the roman sources represented her. The film similarly portrays the way many of the roman sources represented Cleopatra‚ the luxurious and sensual pleasurable nature of Egypt and Cleopatra is a systematic
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know who Cleopatra was? I do of course‚ I’m the one researching her. Well let’s get going with this. I have a lot to share about Cleopatra. She was born on June 23‚ 47 .B.C. Cleopatra had kids and there names are Caesarion‚ Cleopatra Selene the second‚ and Alexander helios‚ptolemy. Caesar met Cleopatra eventually they fell in love with each other. Marc Antony in 41 bc he murdered caesar so that cleopatra could answer questions about the empire’s fallen throne. In the year 31 bc Cleopatra and Antony
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Who was Cleopatra? Cleopatra VII was born in 69 B.C‚ daughter of Ptolemy XII‚ the Egyptian throne given to her at 18 years and her younger brother at 10 years. She ruled ancient Egypt as co regent‚ firstly with her brother and then with her son for almost three decades. Cleopatra was the last of the Macedonian rulers founded by Ptolemy. She was well educated and clever; Cleopatra could speak various languages and served as the dominant ruler in all three of her co-regencies. Her romantic relationships
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Cleopatra‚ formally known as Cleopatra VII Philopator‚ was a prominent figure in both Roman and Egyptian history with substantial effects in both societies. In Rome specifically‚ she played a large part in ending the republic entirely‚ giving way to Rome’s political rebirth into an empire. Without her influence and involvement with two political leaders‚ the events after Caesar’s death undoubtedly would have resulted with a far different outcome. Even before Caesar’s death‚ Cleopatra was in the
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THE TRAGEDY OF ANTONY & CLEOPATRA 1. Antony and Cleopatra’s genre is tragedy. The reason why it is tragedy is because the main characters‚ Antony and Cleopatra‚ are having difficulties throughout the play. Antony is married and Caesar is worried that Antony is not doing what he is supposed to do and instead he is having affair with another queen. They loved each other but Antony had to marry to Caesar’s sister to make his relations stronger with Caesar. At the end of the play they both died. 2
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Cleopatra is depicted as a strikingly beautiful‚ loyal but manipulative temptress‚ oozing femininity as she seduces the two most powerful men in Egypt‚ Marc Antony and Julius Caesar. A question this raises is‚ was she an insecure Queen who felt that she needed a more powerful man to help secure her place on the throne of her beloved Egypt‚ rather than lose it to one of them? As shown in the 2005 TV production ‘Rome’ Cleopatra is seen wanting to get pregnant by Caesar to secure her position‚ but in
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1King David * Born in Bethlehem ~ 1030 BCE * Dies in Jerusalem in 962 BCE * At the time of his death the land of Cannan had been split into two regions: * Judah * Israel * Grew up as a shepherd and accomplished musician. * King before him was Saul (ruled 1025-1004 BCE) * David married Saul’s daughter Michal. * Fought in the Philistine Wars alongside Saul before he was king. * Gained much of his fame from his encounter with the Philistine giant Goliath
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William Shakespeare in his play of Antony and Cleopatra has many suggestions on the topic of the attractions and contradictions of the political and erotic life‚ but also of the suggesting of a third kind of way of life that transcends the political and the erotic ones. Throughout the play Shakespeare presents the emotions between Antony and Cleopatra in many different ways that could be interpreted as love or even perhaps lust at times. Cleopatra was a woman of high maintenance‚ but yet she did
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co-ruler by his mother on September 2‚ 44 BC at the age of three‚ although he was King in name only‚ with Cleopatra keeping actual authority all to herself. Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar (June 23‚ 47 BC – August 23‚ 30 BC)‚ better known by the nicknames Caesarion and Ptolemy Caesar‚ was the last king of the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt‚ who reigned jointly with his mother Cleopatra VII of Egypt‚ he was nominally the sole pharaoh. Caesarion was proclaimed a god‚ son of god and "King of Kings"
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Cleopatra Definitely a good leader. She remained in power while constantly straggling with a brother or sister and keeping alliances with Rome at the same time. She held her own even when the first Roman Emperor was coming against her. Her fatal mistake was that she reached too far. She tried to become the ruler of the thenknown world‚ along with her lover and her children. Rome just didn’t let that happen... 1 Rate firstly‚ Cleopatra’s family may have ruled Egypt‚ but they were Greek. Cleopatra
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