How Cleopatra is Portrayed

cleopatra's character as depicted in the sources

a problem with all this is that it's greek and roman men who were all mysoginistic and a beautiful intelligent woman in charge was unheard of. also she went out with not 1 but 2! powerful roman men! :O the scandal!!!

Cleopatra's ✨charm✨

ok so this woman was like brilliant. she wasn't the most beautiful, but according to all (who fell in love with her) she had this inescapable charm. she was witty, eloquent, intelligent and so, so captivating. people were just... affected by her in a way different to a crush. she seems like an ancient park jimin (bts boi? oldest in the maknae line? part of the sunshine line? brilliant vocalist? i'll get onto it later in the notes) i wish i could meet her. also she knew like 8 languages. woman's a genius.

cleopatra's humour

plutarch describes a cleopatra with antony that plays tricks and jokes. for example, she and antony dressed as common people and made fun of the commoners. funny-?
another example is when she made fun of antony's fishing skills. (i just did it in class, but i can't remember who wrote it. it's good reading)

cleopatra's courage

this woman is fearless as hell.
i mean, she grew up in rlly instable political instability.
also, remember the carpet incident. it was dumb, but courageous af
she isn't afraid of death after actium
she's great

✨the cleoptra effect✨ vs ✨the jimin effect✨

right! i know a lot of people hate bts! i don't! so, as an army an jimin bias, i have decided to draw up a comparison between the jam-less man and cleo herself!

- charm 

cleo: she's charming, and witty too. this can be seen in various interactions with antony and caesar. many people found themselves drawn to her. she's super-intelligent and makes jokes that are on point and often political. 
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