Charm and Love

Federico 2022-04-20 09:02:11

I've watched this movie for a long time, and because I read the book recently, I couldn't help but write some thoughts about love. Cleopatra's name can be said to be a household name. Some people say she is beautiful and unparalleled, and some people say she is short and ugly. I don't know exactly how, but if she can charm the two best men at the time, I think it is not. Stunning and beautiful. There are many translations of Cleopatra's name. Let's call her Cleopatra according to the book I read. People say that she conquered two of the greatest men in the world at the time. I think for this, as a queen, she was successful and fought for her country's rights, but as a woman, her love is sad. When Cleopatra was 21 years old, he became the lover of 54-year-old Caesar. With his support, he initially established his ruling power. Later, he became pregnant with Caesar's son. Fortunately, he was Caesar's only son, so Caesar accompanied him. He gave birth to a child, and then did not accompany her any more, but returned to Rome. Two years later, Cleopatra took his son to Caesar. With his own charm and means, he established its prestige in Rome, but then Caesar was assassinated, and she could only quietly return to Egypt. Caesar had a constant lover throughout his life, spread across all classes, and Cleopatra never quite got him. Three years later, Cleopatra hoped to cooperate with Antony to consolidate her political status. In the process, the two fell in love. She gave birth to Antony's twin children in Egypt. With her by her side, he returned to Rome and married a new wife, completely leaving Cleopatra behind. Anthony got married and had a son (I can't remember whether the first child was a twin or the second child). This process was also accompanied by rights and wars. Another wife of Anthony also came. In the war, Cleopatra used her wisdom to win and brought Antony back to Egypt, but as the war worsened, their relationship was not very harmonious, and finally Cleopatra placed the viper in her tomb in the tomb. The chest, ended her legendary life. In addition, because of the inbreeding system unique to Egyptian nobles, she also married her two younger brothers, Ptolemy XIII and XIV. There are also sweet experiences in these two loves. I think these are what Cleopatra won for herself by using her own mind and charm, not what men in love are willing to do for their women because of pure petting or emotional impulses. These less-than-pleasant experiences still bother me, and I can't imagine being In today's society, if a woman with such emotional experience will be completely disappointed in love. In Dante's "Hell" and Shakespeare's "Caesar", she is described as a "perfect sensual temptress", but I think a queen who loves literature and art, and is full of responsibility for her country, It should be elegant and full of wisdom. Even if she is not simply pampered in love, it does not affect her legend as a queen.

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Extended Reading
  • Theo 2022-03-21 09:02:47

    The pictures are magnificent, telling the story of the long history, sometimes it feels like watching a stage play, sometimes it feels like watching a moving oil painting, but it is not like watching a movie. The way of expression is a bit grandiose, not quite in line with the taste of contemporary people, and the length of the film is so long that I feel tired. Knowing that the Queen is an ambitious and demagogic temptress, this film has portrayed her as a stubborn and strong amorous woman, just like Elizabeth Taylor herself?

  • Chase 2022-03-15 09:01:05

    "What a noble monarch, in the end it was nothing more than this." "My life is like a dream, a dream of others. Now I want to dream of my own, a dream that will never wake up."

Cleopatra quotes

  • Marc Antony: There's not enough gold in Egypt to buy the honor of a Roman senator.

    Julius Caesar: More than enough, it seems, to buy his vote.

  • Cimber: I remember something odd. At one point, Caesar asked of each of us... what manner of death we would choose. And Caesar, when it came to him, looked straight at me and said: "Sudden?"