“ We all know that Cleopatra was a great coquette and subjugator of men” this is because of her power, not just her power over men but her position of power. She achieves her power by using her charm and beauty, which is the main cause of her attractiveness to men. She also has very impulsively indecisive moods, which help her to achieve and hold on to her position of power. This in turn gives her …showed first 75 words of 1253 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1253 total…play. She may have been a very pleasant person but due to her position in power she could not express the way she really felt and her true personality. This is reinforced by the lack of soliloquies which act as windows to the characters actual personalities and feelings. There is ultimately no way of knowing what Cleopatra was really like and whether or not she actually meant to do the damage she did. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**