The queen sat in her bedroom, her chair facing out towards the large open window of the castle she ruled over since her late husband passed. She was in her late forties, but she couldn't look any younger than thirty five. The queen was dressed in an elegant blue and white ruffled dress with radiant and puffy sleeves. While the dress was very frilled and had lace adorning and accessorizing every edge, it was still very form-fitting in all of the right places. Keeping in touch with modern fashion she also had worn a fitting corset that was there mostly for appearances and aesthetic rather than to squeeze in any undesirable curves. Quite the contrary, she had been told many times by her late husband that she was a beautiful queen and her curves …show more content…
This benefited the queen since try as they did, she was unable to bear the king another heir, leaving his one daughter the only heir to the kingdom of Londor. She did enjoy the king's many attempts to father an heir with her, often hoped she wouldn't bear a child so they could keep trying. However, fate had other plans in store for the kingdom's beloved king. She was no longer wearing black or veiled, as it had been over a year since her king had passed. So long in fact that her daughter was of marrying age, an issue that concerned the queen. With every passing day she lamented the possibility of a suitor coming into their kingdom and asking for her daughter's hand in marriage. Her daughter's age and availability was not well known in the city, the queen did her best to hide this fact from her people as she continued to lead them into …show more content…
She waved her hands, and from thin air and burst of smoke came a glass phial with a bright pink liquid inside of it that was bubbling. "Drink it all after she has had hers." she said, and she put it down on the table. Another wave of her hands and she produced another phial, this one filled with a clear liquid. "She will only need two drops, and no more--" "What happens if I give her more?" Aleina shifted her head from the table and looked at the queen, "I strongly urge you to not exceed the two drops. The excess is for insurance and longevity should she no longer feel for you. However…" she lowered the phial with the clear liquid onto the table next to the one with the bubbling pink liquid. "Your potion should change your body enough to cause her to feel…" She stopped herself as she grabbed the deed. "Well, I'll leave that surprise for you." She said with an otherworldly cackle. The queen rolled her eyes as Aleina turned away and walked towards the door. "A pleasure doing business with you me queen." She turned and exchanged a gracious and proper bow, the queen returned it with a small curtsy. "And may your reign be as eternal as your lust for power." Aleina laughed and the queen scowled at her, how could this witch who desired nothing more than
Catherine De Medici, the queen of France, actively positioned her 3 sons as potential mates for Elizabeth. While Elizabeth showed now interest in the first two were quickly dismissed, she showed some interest in the third, Francis, Duke of Alencon. This would prove to be a beneficial alliance for both England and France. Elizabeth was very well aware and she strongly considered the benefits, although, she never actually went through with it. This points out how she was able to see the advantages and disadvantages of marriage.
Queen Elizabeth I spoke about her faults as a woman and the fact that she, a woman, has a “heart and stomach of a king” (6). This shows that women were aware they were being looked down upon as they compared a strong heart and stomach to one that only a king could have. This speech shows that its
The Queen states, “How can I force you, Your Grace? I am a woman.” (Queen Elizabeth I). She rejects the argument of the clergy, by distracting the audience with her satirical statement. She then diverts the conversation using a rhetorical question, following her statement about opening to men’s souls.
The suitors want her wealth and her throne. They do not respect her enough to stop feeding on
In order to inspire and capture the attention of her audience full of religious citizens who are soldiers, Elizabeth takes advantage of reverential and loaded language. First, loaded language was used in order to appeal to the troops’ pathos, dealing with the subject of her as a woman as well as Spain being their enemy—the English felt very strongly against any other religions besides their own—: “I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman. . .” (Elizabeth LL. 9). Simply, the addition of “weak and feeble” frames the passage with much more intensity, appealing to her audience in the way that the soldiers may find a sense of intimacy within it; furthermore, it can also be seen as a rebuttal to any naysayers to a woman becoming monarch. Her constant and direct address to them, not leaving out the details of being a queen, allows the soldiers to find hope within her speech; thus, the rhetoric of faith falls into place.
A portrait - very like - of a departed wife, not valued by the husband!” (141). Along with the gathered evidence Catherine has collected and
Queenie decided that she was ready to go home after a long night of partying, but Queenie’s friends and she wanted one more drink. They all
She shows this determination when she says she "wouldn 't stay home to be queen for a day" and she "wouldn 't stay home for a million bucks". Fate plays it 's cards when the grandmother finishes telling her story to her grandchildren. She suddenly realizes that there was a route that they
In this era, being courtly goes along way, therefore he was stuck in a situation where not accepting her love would make him appear as anything but courtly. He made an oath with the first woman he encountered as he wandered off into the meadow, and so he kept his word in loving her and her only. As he rejected the queen, he insulted
It be to you unwelcome. For this cause I send these lines--to your fair ear addressed--By a holy man, discreet, intelligent: It is our will that you receive from him, In your own house, the marriage.” (Act 3, Scene 10) this cleverness gave her the chance to marry the one she loved most. All in all she is a very clever and witty
“Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore breeches; when I said I could do nothing in a dress, she said I wasn’t supposed to be doing things that required pants. Aunt Alexandra’s vision of my deportment involved playing with small stoves, tea sets, and wearing th Add-A-Pearl necklace she gave me when I was born;
Medieval Times were covered in deceit and secrecy and one of the main duties of a Queen in the Middle Ages was to help the King and other nobility find ways to spy on rivals, start conflicts or wars or simply spread important gossip through the country. One of the most famous medieval queens was Eleanor of Aquitaine. She was most likely born in the year 1122 as historians do not have the direct date of which she was born. Eleanor was a powerful and wealthy woman in Western Europe during the middle ages she married twice and had a total of 10 kids. To become a queen in the middle ages she had to acquire it through marriage or less commonly inheritance.
Back to the evil queen point of view, I was on my way to the cottage and I had a apple in my hand it was indeed poisonous. When I tried to give her the apple she refused. So to show her it was nothing wrong with the apple I ate a piece (not the poisonous side) and give it to her she took
Her ability to stimulate her audience’s senses with just her spoken language is outstanding. Her imagery in the speech is arousing and promotes confidence. She states, “...I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king...” Addressing some possible doubts of her troops. It was likely that the army of men was reluctant to follow a leader who was a woman.
The queen mother told her, “…but you are not a man” when she insisted that she wanted to rule the whole kingdom. The queen mother’s statement suggested her enforcement of men in leadership, neglecting women. Here, the text skilfully employed the queen mother to disregard her daughter’s