Elizabeth and Robert

Do you think that Elizabeth's anger towards Robert for marrying someone else is justified?

Bloody Elizabeth?

Class Question:

Queen Elizabeth's predecessor, Mary I of England, is referred to by historians as 'Bloody Mary' because of persecution of Protestants in England.

Upon succeeding Bloody Mary, Elizabeth I established Protestantism as the official religion of Great Britain. She began her long persecution of the nation's Catholic's immediately after.

Question: Why is Mary I notorious for her persecution of Protestants, and referred to as Bloody Mary? Yet, Elizabeth I is referred to as Good Queen Bess, despite her long persecution of Catholics? Is this another instance of Tonypandy?

https://muse.jhu.edu/article/50912

The two sides of Elizabeth

Do you think that it was effective how Elizabeth used her femininity in her fashion but became more masculine when addressing her subjects?

Veni, Vidi, Confossus: I Came, I Saw, I was Stabbed

Julius Caesar faces his assassins.
https://www.biography.com/people/julius-caesar-9192504

       Our footnote for 3.1.73 "Hence! Wilt thou lift up Olympus?" claims this line means Caesar fancies himself divine. How is our perception of this moment different because of this line, and the way Caesar is portrayed throughout the play, compared to the HBO presentation? Are we more sympathetic to the patricians? Even if we aren't on their side, does striking down a tyrant with pretentions to divinity make a better justification for their actions than simply trying to retain power?