“Elizabeth: The golden age” is a great movie. Many things called my attention. First, the way she ruled. That is to say, the way she manage the power she had. Even though she was a woman, she knew how to be respected. She had a counselor who was in charge of giving her advices about what was the best thing to do or not to do. She was independent and she received those suggestions very well, but she decided on her own. That is why she was called “The virgin queen”. She never got married and she didn’t have children. Every one told her that she had to get marry because she would need someone besides her. She proved that was not true. She governed by herself and she did it pretty well.
Another important topic for me was Mary Stuart, her cousin. She tried really hard to be the queen of England although she was in prison. Elizabeth attitude called my attention because even though Mary tried to kill her, Elizabeth, against her will, gave the order to cut Mary’s head.
The battle began after that episode. Philip II, king of Spain, sent the Spanish armada to England. This whole war started because of the differences those countries had in term of religion. While Spain was a Catholic country ruled by a Catholic King, England was ruled by a Protestant queen. England was divided because of this religious issue. Elizabeth didn’t want to force her people to be protestant; she wanted them to believe in what they wanted.
I believed that Philip II attacked England not only for religion problems, but also for interest. I looked for more information and I realised that he wanted Elizabeth to be his wife, but she rejected him many times. He wanted a more powerful empire, but at the end he left Spain with nothing but debts. Elizabeth defended her kingdom because she was a fair queen and she wanted the best for her people.
The movie is great, but I only have one disagreement with it. I looked for information and I realised that many aspects of the movie were changed. For example; Infanta Isabel of Spain, Philip II’s daughter, was depicted as a child, but in reality she was 21. Some more differences were that not a single ship was lost during the battle, and that Mary Stuart was half French and half Scottish, and it is presumed that her accent was more French because she lived there from the age of 5 until the age of 19.
Another important topic for me was Mary Stuart, her cousin. She tried really hard to be the queen of England although she was in prison. Elizabeth attitude called my attention because even though Mary tried to kill her, Elizabeth, against her will, gave the order to cut Mary’s head.
The battle began after that episode. Philip II, king of Spain, sent the Spanish armada to England. This whole war started because of the differences those countries had in term of religion. While Spain was a Catholic country ruled by a Catholic King, England was ruled by a Protestant queen. England was divided because of this religious issue. Elizabeth didn’t want to force her people to be protestant; she wanted them to believe in what they wanted.
I believed that Philip II attacked England not only for religion problems, but also for interest. I looked for more information and I realised that he wanted Elizabeth to be his wife, but she rejected him many times. He wanted a more powerful empire, but at the end he left Spain with nothing but debts. Elizabeth defended her kingdom because she was a fair queen and she wanted the best for her people.
The movie is great, but I only have one disagreement with it. I looked for information and I realised that many aspects of the movie were changed. For example; Infanta Isabel of Spain, Philip II’s daughter, was depicted as a child, but in reality she was 21. Some more differences were that not a single ship was lost during the battle, and that Mary Stuart was half French and half Scottish, and it is presumed that her accent was more French because she lived there from the age of 5 until the age of 19.
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Dear Rocio:
I found out the same information about the relashionship between Philip II and Elizabeth, and I think this information didn't appear in the movie, I don't remerber...
To be honest, I envy Elizabeth for her strong personallity, due to the fact that being a Queen requires those characteristics you mentioned in your post.
I liked you're post, because you were able to make a good critic about the movie.
See you then!
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