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Rhetorical Devices In Tilbury's Speeches Of Queen Elizabeth

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Queen Elizabeth is a figure of feminine power and source of awe and inspiration during her reign in England. Her late sister’s husband and Elizabeth’s brother-in-law, Philip II, is rallying troops to overthrow Queen Elizabeth and invade over England. At Tilbury, the Queen herself appears among the people, the troops, to deliver a speech; spur the troops to war for glory. Elizabeth uses rhetorical devices such as repetition and her diction. Philip’s patience with his sister-in-law drew thin and decided that it was time to send an army to England and conquer her territory. After a grueling defeat at sea, it seemed he would prepare his men for an on-land battle. This is where Queen Elizabeth came in to Tilbury to deliver one of her most famous speeches yet to spur and motivate the troops for this great war, stating that “...we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people.” The English troops won the war. …show more content…

This is most prominent in the lines “...to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and my people, my honour and my blood…” as well as “we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people.”. She states that this is her kingdom and her people’s very livelihoods at stake, all hanging off of who wins this battle. This also inspires some feeling of patriotism for their kingdom of England, the very land who these troops will set out to protect ‘till death strikes them down. This ties in with the Queen’s careful

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