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Why Is Cleopatra The Last Pharaoh Of Egypt?

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Have you ever imagined what it would be like to be pharaoh of all of Egypt? How about being the last pharaoh of the great lands of Egypt? Well it happened and that person was Cleopatra. Cleopatra was a strong, intelligent, very seductive woman who did what ever she could in her power to protect her people and Egypt, including manipulating and seducing multiple men to gain power for the future of Egypt. The historical decisions Cleopatra made in her life were so remarkable and extravagant that Hollywood decided to make a movie that would capture all of Cleopatra’s life. This long 244-minute film shows some of Cleopatra’s historical actions as the last pharaoh of Egypt including the very romantic love affairs with the great Julius Cesar and the noble Mark Anthony. Hollywood was fair to Cleopatra by showing her love affairs and seduction powers …show more content…

This was one of the strongest scenes that show Cleopatra’s power to bring a guy to his knees literally. Cleopatra already knew enough about him to know how to get to him and put on a show for him. Mark Anthony then decided to follow Cleopatra back to Egypt to stay with her in Alexandria for the next year. Cleopatra controlled and manipulated Mark Anthony into to killing her sister Arsione(Cleopatra). Mark Anthony and Cleopatra end up having a set of twin’s one boy and one girl called Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene and a third child shortly after. A year later Anthony puts Cleopatra name and face on Roman coins, the silver denarii Octavian nephew to Cesar declares war against Cleopatra and mark Anthony. Over half a year later Octavian defeats Mark Anthony in a naval battle in the sea of Actium. Anthony flees the battle and is told that Cleopatra has killed herself; he can’t bear to live without her so he commits suicide by falling on his own

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