Elizabeth

Since the 20th Century mankind begins to tell story about human accomplishments through pictures and gives birth to Hollywood. Movies narrate myths and legends, stories of battles and conquest that is based on events that have happened or recent events. In this case, the story is based on an actual person in history, the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth I. Cate Blanchette has the leading role in ELIZABETH and displays the Queen as a heroine. This heroine image grabs many viewer attentions; the movie is nominated for many Academy Awards and in the Golden Globe Awards, Blanchette has won the Best Actress in Drama for her role and has made ELIZABETH popular among some of the 1998s movies. In Robert B. Ray’s article, The Thematic Paradigm, Ray talks about the “out law hero” and the “official hero” and the way they appeal to the American imagination. The Queen in the movie fits the American dichotomies and Ray’s analysis; Elizabeth embodies the “diametrical opposite traits” and her “two-sided” characteristics do indeed been “designed (by director Shekhar Kapur) to appeal to a collective American imagination...” (Ray, 299) Elizabeth heroic characteristics are a blending of the “outlaw” hero and the “official” hero and presents

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The movie would still be interesting but it would not be that interesting. (Ray, 303) But how do these analysis fits into the character of Elizabeth

What is so good about ELIZABETH? The movie is not only based on the story of the rise of young Elizabeth Tudor to the Virgin Queen of England; ELIZABETH depicts the early life of a woman of independent spirit who has gone through a reign of intrigue and betrayal all because of her gender. For instance, the outlaw hero is the one who act childish; one who clings to adolescent life-style, whereas, the official hero is the one who is matured and wise. Their second differences is marital status and life in general; the outlaw hero prefer to not get married or get tied down to any kind of commitment, while the official hero has his life revolves around his wife and family. On August 31, 1997, Lady Di was in Paris in an automobile accident during her flee from the paparazzi.

Despite Elizabeth’s power in monarchical ruling, Elizabeth also empowers from her vulnerable love. Ones opinion of virginity might be different from another’s opinion. (Ray, 300) But maybe the unruly characteristic to be “no man’s Elizabeth” is what attracts viewers to this movie. Virgin Queen: Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethian World. Austin, TX: the University of Texas Press, 1995. Then thirdly, their standards when it comes to law and politics collide.

According to Ray’s article, in the myth of American culture there is the “traditional dichotomy of individual and community” that generates two kinds of hero: the “outlaw” hero and the “official” hero.

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