... Egypt when she knows he has to return to Rome and also criticises him for not loving her enough. Cleopatra herself talks of her previous lovers in act 1 and it seems that she was previously the lover of Pompey and Julius Caesar; "Broad fronted Caesar, When thou wast here above the ground I was A morsel for a monarch. And great Pompey Would stand and make his eyes grow ... in my brow; There he would anchor his respect, and die With looking on his life." Act 1:Scene 5, line 28-35 In these two cases she became involved with ... her; "Is she as tall as me?" "Didst hear her speak? Is she sh...

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... when Julius Caesar died, and he is the greatest soldier that Octavius Caesar knows. Cleopatra can be seen as either utterly perfect, or as far from it as anyone can imagine. She is a great and enchanting empress, but also the "nag of Egypt". Act III, Scene VIII, ... Line 28 In fact there are many ambiguities in both of their characters. ... Caesar to worry that he is becoming effeminate. Images of fortune and destiny are frequently found in the play, as if everything is due to fate. The word "fortune" is used forty-four times in the play; no other play has even half as many occurrences....

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