The speech to the Troops at Tilbury, is one of the most famous inspirational speeches in the career of the Queen Elizabeth I. The purpose of the speech was to inspire the troops who will battle against Spain. King Philip, who was married to Queen Mary, had proposed to Queen Elizabeth, who kindly declined, later on he was driven to have the English crown through Mary Queen of Scots who subsequently was executed by Queen Elizabeth. It was decided that Spain would somehow invade England 1587. Furthermore, Queen Elizabeth sought inspiration to motivate her troops by using repetition, where she was a tangible equal presence, ethos and pathos through personification, and the use the imagery to encourage patriotism on the battlefield. Queen Elizabeth
