Regardless of whether it’s an illusion - if it is an illusion, it’s a compelling one, to the point that you can’t be perfectly confident in it being illusory.

You should, logically, at least try to carry out change by your own hands, because the alternative is to potentially squander whatever autonomy you may have.

It’d be like standing at an unlocked door, but being so convinced it’s locked, that you don’t even give a good try at turning the knob.

I would not say she was ugly at all, based on what I’ve seen.

Cleopatra artistic reconstruction utilizing various paraphernalia which may depict her.

Another using a similar technique