Elizabeth
Since the 20th Century mankind begins to tell story about human accomplishments through pictures and gives birth to Hollywood. Movies narrate myths and legends, stories of battles and conquest that is based on events that have happened or recent events. In this case, the story is based on an actual person in history, the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth I. Cate Blanchette has the leading role in ELIZABETH and displays the Queen as a heroine. This heroine image grabs many viewer attentions; the movie is nominated for many Academy Awards and in the Golden Globe Awards, Blanchette has won the Best Actress in Drama for her role and has made ELIZABETH popular among some of the 1998s movies. In Robert B. Ray’s article, The Thematic Paradigm, Ray talks about the “out law hero” and the “official hero” and the way they appeal to the American imagination. The Queen in the movie fits the American dichotomies and Ray’s analysis; Elizabeth embodies the “diametrical opposite traits” and her “two-sided” characteristics do indeed been “designed (by director Shekhar Kapur) to appeal to a collective American imagination...” (Ray, 299) Elizabeth heroic characteristics are a blending of the “outlaw” hero and the “official” hero and presents
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Approximate Word count = 2501
Approximate Pages = 10 (250 words per page double spaced)
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