Cleopatra's Suicide

Question 0

Te dying Antony being brought to Cleopatra

Answer 0

Antony is taken to Cleopatra’s mausoleum where he was hauled up on a stretcher
Cleopatra was allowed to attend his funeral
Octavian was worried that Cleopatra would destroy the wealth she had stored in the mausoleum. She was eventually taken prisoner but was able to arrange her suicide
At first she tried starving herself to death but Octavian threatened her children.

Question 1

Antony’s death

Answer 1

After Antony and Cleopatra were finally defeated by Octavian, Cleopatra sent Antony a message that she was dead. Antony then tried to kill himself

Question 2

In what ways was Cleopatra killed

Answer 2

By an asp brought in under figs, she had puncture marks, this scene was shown in Octavian’s procession
By a poison needle she kept in her hair