| Instructions: Vocabulary: Define the listed terms and describe how or
why they are significant to the film. You may have to use outside sources.
Discussion: Write a paragraph or a short paper to explain the requested
information. Why is this important to the history involved?
Part I Cleopatra and Caesar
Vocabulary
| 1. Alexandria |
4. Senate |
| 2. Library at Alexandria |
5. funeral pyre |
| 3. dictator (in Roman tradition) |
6. Sphinx |
Discussion
Explain the relationship and source of conflict (if any) between the following
characters:
- Cleopatra and Caesar
- Cleopatra and Ptolemy
- Caesar and Pompey
- Caesar and Brutus
- Caesar and Mark Antony
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Cleopatra with Caesar. |
Part II Cleopatra and Mark
Antony
Vocabulary
| 1. triumvirate |
4. Ides of March |
| 2. Actium |
5. Legion |
| 3. Asp |
6. Triumph |
Discussion
Cleopatra has been written about and portrayed many times over the centuries. Research
what the Roman author Plutarch
said about her in his book Antony, written about a generation after she died.
Write a short paper to compare Plutarch's view of Cleopatra with that presented by
Elizabeth Taylor in this film.
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