ENGL 4148 Lecture 24: ENGL 4148 11-17-15
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How much she influences the state around her. Color imagery (royal colors silver, purple, gold) Allusions to romantic love elevated to venus incarnate; mythical, almost religious by this description. Description of the water suggesting trying to be with cleopatra. Even the boat that carries her because sexualized. She transcends what can be found in nature. Above the art (painting) of venus and in this piece of artistry outdoes nature. The more you have her, the more you want her. Even when she acts wanton she is still deemed as holy. Cleopatra is begging the messenger for something. He has married the sister of caesar (octavia) What does power look like to cleopatra. Messenger doesn"t actually say anything unflattering about octavia. Cleopatra deciding whether or not to go to war. He is sometimes himself and sometimes he is not. Quick rupture and resolution between cleopatra and antony.
