... sick and backwards. Their moral standard was also comparatively very poor as Shakespeare has highlighted all these short comings of the Egyptian society in the character of Cleopatra. The practice of social inbreeding, known as endogamy5, was common among royal houses of Egypt. This practice was carried to the extreme ... by letting Enobarbus talk objectively. 'Serpent of old Nile' ,Cleopatra has great impact on Roman rulers because her love is the delicious poison for the Roman's ruler which has no panacea .Cleopatra symbolizes the feminine nature of the East which attracts West tow...

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