Elizabeth

Most characters in Elizabeth are obsessed with fulfilling their own selfish wishes. Do you agree?
In the film Elizabeth most of the characters are only interested in fulfilling their own wishes. Although there are a few characters who seem to be unselfish we can not be sure whether their motives are just better concealed then others. Elizabeth is set in a time when men ruled and often got their own way, so it is interesting that when a woman comes into a position of power they feel threatened by her and try to do something about it.
Robert Dudley is a good example of a character who puts his own desires first. Before Elizabeth became Queen he was having an affair with her and it is obvious that they are both in love. When Elizabeth’s sister dies, however, she is no longer his property and he knows he has no chance of being with her while she is on the throne. It is interesting that his original love for her leads him to commit treason. This resul



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Most of the characters in Elizabeth seem to have secret, selfish wishes that are all they are focused on. All of these characters lose what they strived for because of this. Dudley loses Elizabeth’s love and trust, Norfolk loses his life and therefore all his wealth and power and so on. The questionable character of the pope loses England’s allegiance to the church. The only character who’s motives can not be discovered is Walsingham, maybe his unselfishness is what leads him to be become successful later on. All these characters show us that being selfishly focused on one thing often makes you blind to everything else that is going on around you.

The Duke of Norfolk seems to be the most corrupted character of the film. He violently opposes Elizabeth being the queen and also commits treason, which leads to his own death. Norfolk is a Roman Catholic and hates all Protestants; he tries to force Queen Mary into putting her sister to death

Some topics in this essay:
Catholic Church, Pope, Roman Catholic Church, Bishop, Elizabeth I Of England, Protestant Reformation, Mary I Of England, Pope Benedict XVI, Norfolk, Walsingham,

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