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I totally agree!

Agreed. Mainly because they use the actual words of the speech. and it’s one of the few scenes where you realize this is an actual speech that was given by a woman head of state in a time where women were second-class citizens to put it politely. To have made a speech like that in the 1588 was beyond bad ass.

Not to mention the most accurate.

Lel, you know it's all literal bullshit, right? Starting by the Tilbury speech, (if it ever happened) as she went there 2 weeks AFTER the whole thing was over, when the Spanish Fleet was already off Scotland on their way back home. The bowling thing in Plymouth is also fake as fuck. The battle in which the spanish fleet is defeated is also pure made up bullshit. The truth is most of those men in the english fleet and army never got paid and died of illness and hunger, while Cecil celebrated sparing the treasury of those debts. And 1 year later the English Counter Armada, way larger than the one send by Spain, was virtually annihilated. Out of the +25k english men dispatched only 4k returned home. And none got paid because the massive disaster sent England into bankruptcy. The whole thing about Elizabeth is a succession of fake news and propaganda fabricated a posteriori in an attempt to hide the fiascos and lift up the morale.

@@maegalodonus Yes I know about how the soldiers were treated and died like flies of dysentery and hunger, both at the battlefields and while trudging home, dying on the side of the roads. I know Elizabeth was very much her fathers daughter and just as ruthless as he was.

Is it a conspiracy of AP Language teacher to use this as essay prompt?...

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Bomi Yoon AP has changed this year, and becomes much easier... at least for AP Lang

J.S Bach ooh that’s really cool, i’m currently a junior and i’m only taking AP Lang... it’s really cool and although it’s only been a whole month, i’ve learned so much!

Soo hows your life now its been 4 years :) I'm a senior in college LOL! My classmates might see my comment @@dreamingofclare

Makes her sound ready to take the Spanish King in a Tavern brawl. Based

Hated? I thought she was a beloved queen ..

She was hated by her Catholic enemies, and by those who never believed any woman should rule over men. But her sister Mary paved the way.....

But in the end she never paid those soldiers and many of them died of starvation and disease on the march home. Their commander went to Elizabeth to plead on their behalf for money for food and medical treatment and transport but she refused. She broke her promises to them.

Her facial expressions were cringe and mediocre

1588 seems like the definitive speech to provoke a storm. I understand. I want to see Kate Blanched's speech when Spain sent two other invasion fleets of over 130 ships in 1596 and 1597, which only held back the storms, with the English fleet outwitted. A sunny day and... Or when Drake's invincible English fleet was defeated (without storms) in 1589. She, greatly frustrated by that defeat, grounded Drake as a lighthouse keeper for years. In 1597, the Spanish defeated another English fleet in the Atlantic (another frustrating speech). Another frustrating speech when Drake lost 5 battles in the Caribbean and died. Another frustrating speech when Spain invades Germany in 1588 (Palatinate is now Catholic) and another speech when Spain invades Paris in 1590 (that's why France is Catholic). If Mary Tudor, wife of Philip II, King of Spain, England, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands and Franche-Comté, had had a child, Elisabeth's (Mary Tudor's servant) speech would have been this: " Does Her Majesty want the Queen to bring you tea or coffee?" A series should be made for the Bafta awards, not just the 1588 film :)

She was incredibly lucky that so many extraordinary men were her contemporaries. They were the real strength of the Elizabethan age, not the monarch.

It's by the Medieval Baebes. I downloaded the entire soundtrack from youtube.

The difference between defeat and victory in that war was one sunny day. Spain defeated Drake's English fleet in 1589, without storms. In that same year of 1588, Spain invaded eastern Germany, in 1590 we invaded Paris. So England was saved by the island, not by Elisabeth's speech. We also sent two other fleets of over 130 ships in 1596 and 1597, which only held off storms, so Elisabeth had to make two more speeches, surely (but the Baftas only remember 1588). In 1718, Spain sent another fleet of 10,000 soldiers to invade Scotland, and march on London (another storm). In 1779-80, the British had to make another speech, because Spain blockaded England, capturing two fleets of 24 and 55 ships, and sinking the London Stock Exchange, allowing the United States to become independent. We even gave the Spanish dollar to the United States. The real objective was to invade the United Kingdom. But the French allies were scared.

No, we call Drake's defeat in 1589 (without storms) the English Armada. Spain sent two other invasion navies to England, with more than 130 ships, in 1596 and 1597, which also stopped the storms, without any intervention from the Royal Navy, which was outwitted in the Atlantic...

Their ships were no match for the English ones, but when the queen gave this speech she did not know the Spanish would not land. It would have been Armageddon if they had. Their forces were much larger, but as we can see here, the poorest peasants and the farmers stood behind the queen, prepared with their pitchforks or whatever weapons they could get. She commanded the loyalty of her people, the best weapon of all.

Juanita Richards I know that she didn’t know and I understand the significance of the speech for the English people. I know that the English ships were faster and more maneuverable than the cumbersome Spanish galleys. It’s just funny when you look at it with hindsight.

@@juanitarichards1074 Spain defeated Drake's invincible fleet in 1589. In 1588, the Spanish army defeated the military and peasants of Germany (that's why southern Germany and the Palatinate are Catholic). In 1590 we defeated the military and peasants of France, invading Paris. Spain sent two more invasion fleets of over 130 ships in 1596 and 1597. By 1597 the English fleet had been outwitted, and there were 12,000 elite Spanish soldiers on the ships, tasked with occupying London... Another storm. In 1718 Spain sent another invasion fleet to Scotland, with 10,000 soldiers and the goal of reaching London. Another storm. In 1779-80, Spain made a national blockade of England, capturing two British fleets of 24 and 55 ships, which sank the London market. Then we gave independence and the Spanish dollar to the United States. The goal was to invade England. Spain wanted, but France did not dare to do that. She trusts storms and England's island status more than peasants and even the Royal Navy. Even Felipe II had already been king of England. He arrived in England with a fleet of 4,000 Spanish soldiers and nobles, commanded by the Duke of Alba (conqueror of Germany, Italy, Portugal and the Netherlands), and took the throne, with Mary Tudor as his wife. The United Kingdom had great imperial development from 1815, after the Napoleonic wars that destroyed continental Europe.

This Celtic music is from the Last of the Mohicans movie.

Being a woman is a huge part of what made her extraordinary. It also served England well at the time. Elizabeth was a great ruler exactly as she was.

Elizabeth was daughter of Henry VIII. Son of Henry VII was Henry VIII.

+Jovany Rosa You mean when she was in full armor ? lmao honestly I love Cate but I couldn't take that scene seriously.

Elizabeth did wear some form of armour though, it's described in the history books.

1588 was not enough. Don't forget that Spain destroyed Drake's invincible fleet in 1589. In 1589 we invaded Paris (that's why Paris is Catholic). We sent another two invasion fleets in 1596 and 1597, with over 130 ships, which also stopped two storms, with the Royal Navy totally outwitted in the Atlantic, and 12,000 elite Spanish soldiers on the ships with the mission of invading London. I was only able to disembark 600 Spaniards, who made chaos there. In 1718 Spain sent another invasion fleet to Scotland, with 10,000 soldiers, with the mission of reaching London with Scottish support. Another storm. In 1779-80, Spain made a naval blockade of England, capturing two English fleets of 24 and 55 ships, which sank the London stock market. Then we gave independence and the Spanish dollar to the United States. Catalan independentistas may be making speeches until the year 3800. But Catalonia doesn't have so many storms, and more than half of the population feels Spanish.

@@Gloriaimperial1 yet the Spanish empire is no more. Impotent Spain is impotent. so, as I already said: "way down"

@@Biel7318 But neither do the British, French, Portuguese, Dutch empires exist... Thanks to the victories and the Spanish reinvestment there are 600 million Spanish speakers (490 million as their mother tongue, the second mother tongue in the world after Chinese), and 800 million Catholics thanks to Spain (200 million in Europe, 500 million in America and 100 million in Asia). In addition, Spanish and Portuguese are the same in 89% of the words, so the Iberian Peninsula has the greatest legacy in history (although Spain itself already has it).

@@Gloriaimperial1 yeah, but it seems that Spain has stopped achieving any of those "great" results as of late, it has lost all the "might it had", and nowadays it seem to live in perpetual daydreams of greatness flushed out off past times, a delusion of greatness in reality, because Spain seems to be unable to accept it's mediocre stance in the current times. But don't fret yet, the mediocrity of Spain already started a long time ago way before it started loosing dominions out of other's independences. Spain cannot change itself out of its doomed ways. It doesn't know it yet, it's clueless now, but Spain shall see in the future.

@@Biel7318 But what are you saying! Spain is in full progression. We go like a rocket. But the 2008 crisis and pandemic and now the war in Ukraine have slowed us down, due to the economic model we have. But you just have to compare the historical data. In 1960, the Kingdom and France had 7 and 5 times the GDP of Spain In 2000, the Kingdom and France had 3 times the GDP of Spain In 2020 the Kingdom and France had 2 times the GDP of Spain. 2050 or 2060 Spain has been industrializing and modernizing at full speed. The population: In 1900, the United Kingdom and France had twice the population of Spain. In 1960, those countries had a third more population than we do In 2020, the UK and France had a quarter more population We are going to hunt them down in this century. There are already 5 Spanish regions that are richer than all the regions of France, except Paris and some close to Switzerland, and several regions of West Germany and the United Kingdom. Something unthinkable 20 years ago. We have a higher development index than France and Italy (even with the crisis that has hit us harder than them) es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Pa%C3%ADses_por_%C3%ADndice_de_desarrollo_humano Our democracy is better valued than that of the United States, France, Italy, Belgium and Israel (to speak of prosperous countries) We are the tenth power in scientific research in the world, and we have the third best artistic heritage in the world, after China and Italy. The military is increasingly competitive. We have risen from the 14% that we had in the construction of the Eurofighter (as the smallest investors) to 33%, in equal parts, with Germany and France, with the new Eurofighter. We have submarines capable of launching missiles 1,900 km. We sell state-of-the-art aircraft carriers and frigates to countries like Australia. The autonomous system has extraordinarily invigorated Spain, I say this as a Valencian, which has seen the city of Valencia and the entire community flourish, with auditoriums, technology centres, new universities and all kinds of infrastructures. Countries like France, Germany and Italy would like to have the legacy that we have in America, with the second mother tongue in the world. Sooner or later, Latin America will form a very influential block in the world, surpassing the United States this century. That is unstoppable. If we become pessimistic and do not collaborate, we will be provincials, divided and dominated by Germany.

+ALONDRA PEREZ-RAMIREZ Agree!

at least blanchet didn't look like johnny rotten when she did it...

Putaspellonyou Here's the thing though, Elizabeth was in her mid fifties and relying on wigs and cosmetics at this time, which to us probably werent the most flattering. So Anne Marie's portrayl is most likely closer to what Elizabeth looked like.

Now if we could get MissMay to read this ... TRUMP should send her some tripe (stomach)

mm, no. different, more hard hitting, but... eh... not better. really? better?

Elizabeth specifically gave credit to God and the winds for the victory. She had coins minted that said something to the effect that God blew the winds and the Armada scattered. One novel based on her life implies that she felt she would pay a price for that almost miraculous victory and she wanted to give credit where she thought credit was due. Her fears came true when Robert Dudley died a few weeks later.

Just sounds like a Skill issue for the oily haired Spanish.

That version is highly inaccurate and romanticized.