Cleopatra VII Queen of the Nile 69 or 70 B.C. - Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator is born in Egypt. She was born in January. She is the seventh in the Ptolemy dynasty to bear the name Cleopatra‚ which means glory of the father. Her mother‚ Cleopatra V Tryphaena‚ died shortly after her Cleopatra’s birth. There is not a lot that is known about her mother but most people think she was sisters with Cleopatra’s father. Cleopatra’s father was King Ptolemy XII. She was the second daughter of King Ptolemy
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SEMINAR ANTONY & CLEOPATRA AND ALL FOR LOVE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY Introduction:- The following study is based on the plays Antony and Cleopatra which is written by William Shakespeare and All for Love which is written by John Dryden. Both writers are the most prominent playwrights in the history of English literature. We can see that both writers through their respective works have focused on the relationship between two prominent characters
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Republic and the influence of Cleopatra and the main male figures around her – Caesar‚ Antony and Augustus – for this has to be looked at in good detail. This essay investigates Cleopatra’s role in the downfall and comes to the conclusion that she may have had some of the blame because she can be seen as responsible for causing both Caesar and Antony’s reputation fall and with this their support nearly disappear in both the general public and the senate. Also‚ without her‚ Antony probably wouldn’t have
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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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INTRODUCTION Antony and Octavius Caesar are great roman of their age i.e. first century B.C. In the play‚Antony and Cleopatra. Antony is a mature middle-aged general of fifty years‚ whereas Octavius is a young man of twenty-two whom Antony calls a ‘boy’. After the murder of Julius Caesar‚ Antony‚ a great friend of Julius Caesar makes the people continue their love and loyalty to the dead Caesar as beautifully brought out in Shakespeare Roman tragedy‚ Julius Caesar. Octavius is a nephew of Caesar
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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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controversial issues of rape and sexuality. And the oppressive nature of men over women – presented largely through the character of petrus In Shakesperes Antony and Cleopatra‚ Shakespere seems to have been inspired by the amount of change takeing place in his own society as his own country was ruled by a female leader - Elizabeth I. Cleopatra plays with gender‚ but not to overcome social or family obstacles but to change conventional definitions. He has emphasized the influence and possibilities
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10 December 2012 Antony and Cleopatra Relevance to Humanity Human nature is indecisive‚ and weak. In Antony and Cleopatra this is shown all throughout the play. Very early you find out that the two lovers Antony and Cleopatra are volatile and degraded. In the first act you learn of Antony‚ once a brave war hero is now a man corrupted by his desires. He is one of three leaders of Rome‚ who is married to a woman named Fulvia but having an affair with the queen of Egypt‚ Cleopatra a petty‚ over- the-
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TO WHAT EXTENT WERE THE CHARACTERS OF AENEAS AND DIDO IN VERGIL’S AENEID INFLUENCED BY MARK ANTONY QUEEN CLEOPATRA VII PHILOPATOR OF EGYPT? Dido and Aeneas were created as fictional characters in Virgil’s epic poem The Aeneid. It can be suggested that these characters were based upon true accounts of Cleopatra VII Philopator of Egypt‚ Augustus Caesar‚ and Mark Antony. In the final years of his life‚ Roman poet Virgil wrote the epic of Aeneas‚ the founder of Rome‚ waylaid in his destiny by a beautiful
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In Venus and Adonis and Antony and Cleopatra‚ William Shakespeare tells the tale of frustrated lovers who long to be desired by the person they love. Although a common plot in many of Shakespeare’s works‚ these accounts instead forefront the reversal of gender identities. Masculinity is questioned through vulnerable male figures; alternatively‚ this masculine role is appropriated by the female counterparts‚ which results in the male figures’ uncertainty and loss of identity. Venus and Adonis comprises
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