When Did Queen Elizabeth Break Gender Roles

From the introduction to the end of Queen Elizabeth’s letters and speeches, one purpose the text has is that Queen Elizabeth broke the gender roles and revealed to the world that a woman can be a powerful and influential ruler. This section dealt with women being in power by assuming the throne of their country and ruling as its’ queen, so that is why this text conveys this purpose to show how Elizabeth broke the gender roles barrier and became a magnificent queen who brought prosperity to England by devoting herself to England. During this century women were not people who were respected, they were treated lower than everyone else, but as queen she broke those gender roles. This element is important to the text because I know throughout the years women have struggled to maintain their rights and be equal human beings and by Elizabeth becoming a figure of power …show more content…
In her speech, “Speech to the Troops at Tilbury”, she conveys herself as a strong female leader by saying, “I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too”. Elizabeth gained the respect of her warriors by emphasizing her strength and motivation during battle and she went on to become one of England’s most influential and successful rulers. The letters and speeches of Queen Elizabeth show that she was a highly educated person who broke the gender roles that society has put in place of women being monarchs and obtaining an education and power. The movie that relates to Queen Elizabeth is the American film Legally Blonde. This movie closely relates to the text because Elle started out at Harvard and struggled a lot because she didn’t understand how a law student is supposed to