Tribute the Elizabeth

Elizabeth reminded me of a rather famous critic on Jane Austen’s books.

Women in Jane Austen’s novel will never fail to surrender in a civil marriage.

As powerful as Elizabeth, she too succumbed to the basic need of a typical woman – the desire to be loved by a man. As strong as Elizabeth as the Queen of England, she had to admit, indirectly, that she is a woman who longed to have a man and a child.

The character of Bess or the other Elizabeth as her favourite maid had hinted us some of Elizabeth’s thoughts. One, Elizabeth saw Bess as the ordinary her, the other her that can do things that she cannot do as a Queen, but at the same time imposed rules on her that indicated the limitations of living in a royal family. For instance, Elizabeth was furious when Bess secretly married a man without her royal permission.

Second, Elizabeth used Bess to show her true affection towards the man that she liked – a pirate named Sir Walter Raleigh. As mentioned there were a lot of limitations when you lived in a royal family, what more Queen Elizabeth herself as the role model of all. The scene where she insisted Bess to dance with Sir Walter had indicated this to us rather vividly.

However, although being a woman, Elizabeth had at the same time portrayed courage and determination greater than a man. She stood still when Spain declared war with England, even though she knew that England was weak against Spain. She planned well, and with her wit she freed Sir Walter, who was at that time imprisoned because he had married Bess, to fight against the marine troupe of Spain and eventually won the war.

Elizabeth was a tough woman, and woman like her if lived in this era, might be even greater than any presidents in the world. I felt sorry when she had to bear the name of a virgin queen, and I am sad that the society could not see her sacrifices of being one virgin queen is for the sake of England. Elizabeth, who sacrificed her love and her happiness as a woman, and being the last in Tudors line, built the golden age of England.

Tribute to Queen Elizabeth. All hail Queen Elizabeth.