Chomsky Catherine The Great Analysis

The films used as sources were able to cover their material with less research than Sumner had to with his book, but they did prove to be useful sources for audiences learning about Catherine. For example, the first source mentioned earlier Catherine the Great (1996), the director used a common textbook for the structure of the movie. The movie covers her moving to Russia from Germany, her rise in popularity, and to her ascension to Czarina. Chomsky uses the information that he found to change the perception of Catherine, which differs across various sources depending on who presents the information. Chomsky creates a drama that borders on the lines of a romantic movie with an unhappy ending. He begins by representing Catherine as a young naïve girl who is forced into a foreign land through a prearranged marriage. She was plucked out of the backwaters of Germany royalty to be Peter III’s wife because she was a minor branch of a minor royal family, which made her not a threat and disposable. Her father and Elizabeth arranged the marriage, which …show more content…
It will change her outlook on life both emotionally and politically. During the first seven years of her stay in Russia, Peter and she had not consummated their marriage. Elizabeth had become impatient with Peter having possible physical disabilities that prevented him from producing an heir with Catherine. She devises a plan, without Catherine knowing, that Sir Gay would try to seduce Catherine and produce an heir for the State because Peter was incapable. Chomsky shows Catherine falling in love with Sir Gay and later becoming hurt because she learned that he was under Elizabeth’s orders. This is an important scene because Chomsky shows that even though she believed that she was controlling the event, Catherine actually played into another person’s hand, which will become a repeated theme throughout the