Beautiful Cleopatra

Question 1

C- Cleopatra

Answer 1

Coregent ruled
Celebrated for her affairs with Caesar and Antony and her beauty not her accomplishments
Death with suicide

Question 1

what are the stanza lengths?

Answer 1

Lengthy stanzas

Question 2

‘Him kneel to pick her up’ Technique

Answer 2

syntax of sentences

Question 3

‘Him kneel to pick her up’ Meaning

Answer 3

Duffy presents C as being passive in her own life
being forced into roles and positions.
C is subjected to opression even when successful

Question 4

‘Matched him glass for glass, Sucked lemons, swallowed something from a glass where a dead rat floated’ Technique

Answer 4

Rule of three
Masculine Imagery

Question 5

‘Matched him glass for glass, Sucked lemons, swallowed something from a glass where a dead rat floated’ Meaning

Answer 5

dismantles notion women can perform equally to men, showing C’s power over men

Question 6

‘she’ Technique

Answer 6

Repetition

Question 7

‘she’ meaning

Answer 7

Presents C’s strength and endless capabilities, Acknowledging shes more than her beauty

Question 8

What’s the effect of the long stanzas?

Answer 8

emblematic of her long rein.
Duffy emulates her success through the extended stanzas.