[2161A/B] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (47 pages long)

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2161A/B
• Professor: Nichole Edwards

Document Summary

Queen christina of sweden (greta garbo) is to marry prince charles, hero of the armies. Her former lover, magnus, wants the marriage arranged. Saying she is not yet ready for marriage. Christina learns that an ambassador from spain don antonio is to arrive. She dons boy"s clothes and goes to an inn where he will stop. When antonio learns there is no vacancy, he shares a room with christina, thinking she is a boy. He soon realizes she is a woman, and in the next few days they fall in love. She wants to marry him and go to spain, but he discovers she is the queen and tells her that he has been sent to arrange a marriage between her and the king of spain. When don antonio later meets her officially and sees her often, magnus stirs up the populace against him. Christina sends don antonio away and then abdicates.