Angels in America
how did cleopatra die?
in respect of text
in respect of text
killed. suicide.
Cleopatra places the poisonous asp at her breast and allows herself to be bitten.
"[To an asp, which she applies to her breast]
With thy sharp teeth this knot intrinsicate
Of life at once untie: poor venomous fool 355
Be angry, and dispatch. O, couldst thou speak,
That I might hear thee call great Caesar ass
Unpolicied!"
Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra