HIS109Y1 Study Guide - Folio Society, Hand Cut, Shekhar Kapur
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Elizabeth i, queen of england, is depicted differently according to three sources. Kapur s film elizabeth, maria perry and neville williams books have different biases regarding. The biases include interpretations of her personality, her title: the virgin. Queen , as well as the issue of religion. The three sources have various interpretations on her personality. The 1998 film did not portray her as the evil woman she was described to be in perry s book. Perry states: stubbs was sent to trial accused of sedition with his gaping gulf and was sentenced to lose his right hand. 1. The film left out elizabeth s court s decision to have his hand cut off because they were displeased by his publication. In the film, she is not shown as murderous but as an ambitious and rebellious woman. She did not listen when she is persuaded to marry the duke of anjou and remained loyal to her lover, leicester.
