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Why is Cleopatra considered the prototype of the seducer?
How does Shakespeare introduce her character?
What categories does he appeal to in order for the reader to perceive of the lady as a beautiful, sensual, intelligent lady?
Cleopatra was considered the prototype of the seducer because she was a beautiful and powerful queen...but above all, she was very intelligent and she could play with men as she liked.
Shakespeare introduces Cleopatra in a indirect kind: we know her character consequently to the description of other characters of the play.
Cleopatra is describes like a sensual and sage woman: she isn't a delicate and silly princess, she is the powerful, persuader and determinate queen of Egypt!! She is a woman who rules, she is the north star of Egypt!!