Ap World History Movie Analysis

Elizabeth (1998) AP World History Movies have always been a way to escape the world for a little while. Comedies, action films, and even horror; what happens in movies doesn’t always happen in real life, but sometimes it does. They open doors to the past, present, and future. I just finished watching the movie Elizabeth (1998) and the funny thing is I actually learned. Elizabeth is a great movie because while being entertaining it shows many of the 6 main themes of AP World History. War, violence, and religion are all parts of this movie, each part of a different theme. Now I would like to explain how this movie relates to World History.
The first theme this movie relates to would be number 5; Cultural, intellectual, and religious developments,
Patterns and effects of interactions among societies and regions: trade, war, diplomacy, and international organization. Everyone was already against the New Queen, and when I mean everyone I mean other countries and even people in England. People were already setting her up for failure; they thought she was going to fall. Elizabeth didn’t have any other countries support when she started out. Even the bishops are against the Queen they weren’t afraid of her and didn’t expect her to survive. Mary of Guise was already building up and army and planning on attacking while they were still weak. The choice was made and they are going to fight, once told to get together an army the Queen finds out that children are being sent into battle. Kids should never have been sent to fight, and after that mistake you would have to think everyone in England was feeling foolish, and the views of the other countries have shifted. In life it’s always the survival of the fittest, only the strong will survive. During this time in England’s history they were anything but strong. They were weak, and vulnerable, the perfect target. Relations between The King of Spain Philip worsened with years of political and religious agendas clashing, Philip planned on invading England and with the execution of the Queen of Scots gave him incentive. He sent a fleet against England but the English defeated him, proving a woman could handle war as well as a man. “My mortal foe can wish me no greater loss than England's hate. Neither should death be less welcome unto me than such a mishap betide me”- Queen