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
Then thirdly, their standards when it comes to law and politics collide. Besides the "outlaw" hero theme, ELIZABETH has won audience approval through a theme of dilemma that a person faces. But Lady Diana was remembered as the "woman with the big heart" who, in 1987, opened the AIDS unit at London's Middlesex Hospital to help care for the patients. " (Rowe, 120) Indeed in some of the past events take place about 2 years before ELIZABETH is created, American could see the stronger and more powerful side of American women. 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. Since Diana is married to an heir of England that is a connection between her life and that of Elizabeth's. 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. In the movie, Elizabeth could still identify herself with the "Virgin Queen". Then in 1984, she was the president of the Britain's largest childcare charity. 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.
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