Running header: Cleopatra Cleopatra Name Institution Class Lecturer Date Abstract Cleopatra VII, was the reigning queen of Egypt and she has intrigued us for centuries. The of Cleopatra VII`s story is one that has been told many times for decades, and the many different and vastly varied representations of her and her story are exclusively based on the ways in which men and society have perceived women and their role in society right through history. The perceptions of women starting from the Hellenes, the Greeks who greatly partial Roman ideals, and following those perceptions through to the end of the 19th Century, it is easy to see how Cleopatra has been used to represent the "good woman." For instance, she has been used as a role model for women, to show what their suitable role in society was and to shape their actions and beliefs into an acceptable form. Cleopatra Research Paper Cleopatra VII (Philopatris Netjeret Merites) was the last Pharaoh of ancient Egypt and the last of the Ptolemaic dynasty. The events surrounding how she is celebrated of her beauty, her love affairs, her rise to power, her relationships with the Roman emperors Julius Caesar and Mark Antony and her tragic death continue to fascinate and path way that give rise to more mysteries, her story has been told and retold day in day out, many times. Undeniably, William Shakespeare`s “Antony and Cleopatra” being the most famous in this recent ...