: 'her own person/ It beggar'd all description'. This language is wholly atypical for a character like him. It is filled with a sense of awe and sensation, and the people of Rome normally consider emotions as a sign of weakness. The surreal impression of marvel is purposefully achieved by Shakespeare to bring particular awareness to the luxury of Egypt in comparison to the rather humble Rome. Notably, the language here is not only vivid, but also wholly bizarre, crafting visions that are of absolute unreality: 'The water which they beat to follow faster'. This idea of merging reality with the dreamlike is a further theme that with the play's progression becomes synonymous with Cleopatra's native soil.
             The confirmation of Egypt as a place of fancy is underlined when cosmic imagery is used to describe the queen and she is likened to '...smiling Cupids' and 'O'er- picturing that Venus...' herself, which is unusual as it unites the East with Rome using the aid of Roman Mythology. These collections of legends, collectively known as Roman Mythology, are of fundamental importance to Romans at the time the play was first set. Shakespeare would have known that it was widely believed that a variety of Gods have a supernatural force upon human existence. Thus meaning, to the audience of that era, Cleopatra being compared with Venus, the Goddess of love is a substantial accolade and it also sugges
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