September 12, 2017
Cleopatra
Mark Antony
Vanessa Quetzeri
This story, although tragic, is a beautiful love story. I find it invigorating that Octavian was so power-hungry, he went to whatever measures he could in order to prove Antony’s disloyalty. I don’t fully understand why Antony and Cleopatra killed themselves, a lot of it has to do with pride, but they refused to surrender and that is admirable.
07/11/2019
4:39 pm
Angelina Gonzalez
We actually recently talked about this in class so this was a good read. We talked about how it was so odd she just so happened to have a poisonous snake on her. It is something that personally I question, however it is sad she killed herself. It is sad they both did, especially because the had a love for one another that did not get to reach to its full potential. This article is very well written and I enjoyed reading it.
07/11/2019
4:39 pm
Victoria Muller
This was a very interesting story, I originally heard a little bit about it during class and was delighted to find more about the story here. I never quite knew how close Anthony’s and Cleopatra’s relationship was or how Octavian was so power hungry until now. Its a shame that the two lovers could not share the life that they wanted and live long lives together.
07/11/2019
4:39 pm
Alexander Avina
This was a beautifully written story. It was so interesting and intriguing. I knew only a little about the relationship between Mark Antony and Cleopatra. It is amazing to realize the extent of power that both Mark Antony and Cleopatra had. The backstory of their relationship is very captivating. I thought that this article was able to explain the story of Mark Antony and Cleopatra’s relationship without providing any excessive informative that would be of little importance.
07/11/2019
4:39 pm
D’Hannah Duran
This article was beautiful. It is so unfortunate that Cleopatra and Mark Anthony’s romance had ended so suddenly. I wonder what would have happened if both had lived into their old age, I am sure that they would have had a happily ever after as cliche as it sounds. To think that both of their lives could have continued if it hadn’t been for someone being so greedy.
08/11/2019
4:39 pm
Daniel Gimena
Nice article written in a story-telling way. I agree with the author; this story of love is probably one of the most famous in the world’s history, if not the most famous. It is admirable what a single woman like Cleopatra achieved. She had to be, indeed, very intelligent and brave woman. It is not the ending that one would like to read, with both main lovers ending dead, but it definitely gives an unexpected and deserved powerful ending to this story of love.
04/09/2020
4:39 pm
Amanda Gutierrez
This is a beautifully, well written article! I had never heard of this story before reading this article. It was disappointing to read that their relationship did not last. Overall, this was a very informative article on an intriguing topic. Nice job!
14/09/2020
4:39 pm
Madeline Emke
The story of Cleopatra and Mark Antony is a very famous one. However, I did not realize the extent to which their relationship influenced both Rome and Egypt. It was interesting to read of Octavian’s numerous plans to destroy Antony and Cleopatra, especially how he used his own sister to manipulate the people of Rome into disliking Antony for choosing Cleopatra over Octavia.
20/09/2020
4:39 pm
Madeline Chandler
Such an informative and interesting article! Very captivating. Honestly I am familiar with the famous love story of Antony and Cleopatra, yet I did not know the extent of it. I knew the two represented their countries, yet never thought how their actions could influence the countries. As well as the devious plans Octavian to split the two. It is truly an interesting famous love story that will be known for the rest of history. This was such a transition for both Rome and Egypt regarding love and power. I loved reading your article. Great job.
02/03/2021
4:39 pm
Mara Martinez
This article was really well written and tells a super good story. It really fascinated me since this is a story I haven’t heard in a very long time it was interesting to read about it and kind of getting to understand it all over again. The fact that this kind of story occured so long ago is unreal and hard to believe in some ways. It’s ironic that their love story was cut short due to a fued, that is probably something that occured so often back then, occurred even after them with Romeo and Juliet, and even occurred now. Super good article!
05/11/2019
4:39 pm