Despite Elizabeth's power in monarchical ruling, Elizabeth also empowers from her vulnerable love. For instance, her love affair with Lord Robert Dudley has great emotional appeal to many of the audience who is in love or in the "crushing" phase. Romance has always been one of the cinematic themes to draw viewers into the movie. ELIZABETH does indeed displays this theme with a little more intensity into the romance when Elizabeth later on refuses Dudley's love. One could see that Elizabeth is still in love with Dudley even if after she has danced with him the last time and has exclaimed that she is "no man's Elizabeth". Also, in the scene when Dudley asks to speak to her alone, Elizabeth has on a smile. However, her reaction changes right after he mentions about marrying the King of Spain to help her be in security and away from any harm. Elizabeth has lost her last hope in love right there and says, "Lord Robert, you may make whores of my ladies, but you shall not make one of me." Elizabeth is outraged at Dudley on how he could let her be married to another man. But still Elizabeth keep on loving him secretly that is why she did not kill him like she has done to Norfolk and the rest who has plotted treason against her. Elizabeth may be a warrior ruler who wipes out all the opposition to her leadership, deep down there is still the soft and delicacy to love.

One might argue and say the from the point of view of the movie that Queen Elizabeth is not really a Virgin Queen, but it all depends on how individual looks at the meaning of "Virgin". Ones opinion of virginity might be different from another's opinion. Maybe in history the Queen did have sexual intimate with Lord Robert Dudley and the historical idea of the "Virgin Queen" could mean abstaining from marriage but maybe not from sex. In the movie, Elizabeth could still identify herself with the "Virgin Queen". For example, her characteristic of an "outlaw hero" who seeks to "escape" from the "settled life" could be seen as a "virgin" trait in which one has no attachment to any man in any marriage or relationships. (Ray, 301) The Queen disregards her councils' advice even though marriage might have been an easy way for England to fix the weak military problem and the empty treasure. From this determination to not get marry to either Spain or France, Queen Elizabeth I "allowed England to survive as an independent power". (Wagner, 99) This strong determination has made her one of the "greatest monarch in English history".

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. These two types of heroes are defined from a dichotomy because their heroic traits oppose one another. First, there is the age difference in which the way they act points out different images. 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. 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. Then thirdly, their standards when it comes to law and politics collide. For instance, the outlaw hero sets his standards from his ideas of what is right and what is wrong, but the official hero sets his standards from the laws and says that the "nation is made of law and not of men". (Ray, 303) But how do these analysis fits into the character of Elizabeth

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