The Effective Use Of Diction In Queen Elizabeth's Speech

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Back in the mid-sixteenth century, there once was a willful queen named Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born into a rather small family made up of her and her 2 siblings, due to her mother's death by execution ordered by by none other than her father, KIng Henry The Eighth. After the death of King Henry The Eighth, His only son King William took upon the throne however he fell ill and tragically died. After the death of her dear brother Queen Mary, Elizabeth's other sibling also took the throne but sadly after a while she too fell ill and died leaving it up to the last and only heir Queen Elizabeth. However due to her mother's relationship with the previous king, the people of royalty saw her as a threat to england and plotted against her. Moreover, In her early years of Queen Elizabeth's reign, Spain grew relentless with the queen and disobeyed her and arranged and invasion on England. However, Queen Elizabeth anticipated this and gathered her forces and sent them to Tilbury, with some speculation that her troops had a low moral she presented a speech in order to inspire the troops to repel the Spanish armada. Queen Elizabeths diction throughout her speech was filled with an impressive use of literary devices which further improved her appeal …show more content…
The aftermath of Queen Elizabeth's diction both inspired her troops and made them feel more secure knowing the Queen would join them in battle furthermore, giving the troops a sense of invincibility in order to gain a successful win. However, if that wasn't enough to persuade her troops to fight Queen Elizabeth goes on to say “ ...for your forwardness you have deserved rewards and crowns ” which gives her people another reason to fight for the