Examination_Of_Cleopatra’s_‘Infinite_Variety’_Throughout_The

Examination Of Cleopatra’s ‘Infinite Variety’ Throughout The Play In the play Antony and Cleopatra, the character of Cleopatra is one of many dimensions, and can be seen as a person of complex diversity. Her sudden changes in behaviour are often difficult to predict or comprehend and happen frequently throughout the play. She seems to express her feelings and emotions quite openly unlike the character of Antony, whose thoughts are unknown to the audience. She has a great love for drama and acting, sometimes teasing Antony by pretending she is angry, upset and even ill: Cleopatra ‘Help me away, dear Charmian, I shall fall It cannot be thus long; the sides of nature Will not sustain it’ Antony ‘Now my dearest queen’ Cleopatra ‘Pray you, stand farther from me’ Act 1:Scene 3, lines 15-18 On the other hand, Cleopatra can be genuine about her feelings as we see towards the end of play when she commits suicide to be with her ‘beloved Antony’. This is starkly contrasted with her behaviour at the beginning when she only tormented him and took him for granted. We see here that she was serious about the relationship all along, unlike she has been with her previous lovers. Act 2:Scene 2 sees Enobarbus talking openly to Agrippa and Maecenas about Cleopatra’s wild and antony, cleopatra, act, lines, shows, scene, play, death, never, love, himself, herself, enobarbus, caesar, about, 2scene, 1scene, seems, queen, over, news, myself, messenger, even, end, antony’s, way, upon, sword, strikes, saw, previous, openly