Elizabeth I, Queen Forever
Finished watching Elizabeth I yesterday, the 4 hour movie gave me mixed feelings, like I was in her age, watching her glory and her grief, and became certain in mind that the two are walking constantly hand in hand . The later half of her life saw history-changing events: the reestablishment of Protestantism,Spanish War, heading of Mary Queen of Scots , the revolt of the Earl of Essex...and some changed her life, irretrievably...
Her two lovers depicted in this film was Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester and his stepson Earl of Essex. She married to England for the whole life instead of being a wife. This is no ordinary woman, she knew from the moment she was crowned, she was no longer hers. England was having its most turbulent years: confrontations were everywhere, between different religious sects, between ambitious countries, between. more essialy, human hearts. Very early in her girlhood, Elizabeth I witnessed the bloody execution of her father's many wives. she had no choice but to embrace Protestantism, for if not, her rein would be severely challenged since she was the heir of Henry VIII and his remarried Anne Boleyn.
She was bright, beautiful and brilliant, the glamour she had has won her numerous wooers. Her heart was not a heart of stone, of course she loved, most truly and deep, but all ended in sorrow, and the last ended in rebellion, of her "lovely boy", charming Earl of Essex. when women have status as high as she has, there's little to trust, love being just a gleaming veil, with plots and conspiracy hiding behind.
My prime of youth but a frost of cares
My feast of joy is but a dish of pain
My cup of corn is but a field of tares
And all my good is but vain hope of gain
The day is gone and yet I saw no sun
And now I lie
And now my life is done
When watching how Elizabeth sobbed when reading this poem that Earl of Essex wrote for her...maybe this man had truly loved her, but even he didn't know which Elizabeth was his beloved: the one with her individual glamour, or the one with her crown? maybe they are just inseparable, so let's accept the sad truth, the journey to love of royalty is much more arduous than
us commoners
. The fruits of my life are all the grass and barnyard who have gone through this life, empty nostalgia, the time has passed, and I will not come to change the butterfly in this life , and I too...grieved for the woman in her has finally took leave, leaving her to become the loneliest strongest. .. Virgin Queen of England
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