Date of Award
5-31-2026
Document Type
Campus Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
English
First Advisor
Askold Melnyczak
Second Advisor
Shubha Sundar
Third Advisor
Martha Collins
Abstract
The childhood of Cleopatra VII was marked by the Ptolemaic dynasty’s history of incest and fratricide. As she matures, Cleopatra struggles with the question of how her father loved and killed his eldest daughter; she finds the answer in poisoning her abusive father. By her adulthood, she has rejected traditional values and embraced the Ptolemaic worldview.
Recommended Citation
Lyon, Arabella, "Life in the Plague Palace" (2026). Graduate Masters Theses. 957.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/masters_theses/957
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