Peering Through

(When Lettice meets with Robert to tell him she is having his child and they should get married)

"That's true, said Robert. I will arrange it...There will be no more delay". (Holt 222)

Listening through the crack of the door Lettice and Robert were in, Elizabeth heard every word. She gasped when she heard that Lettice was with Robert's child. She had realized she had lost her one true love. She broke down in tears. All this time she had wasted on Robert, never truly going after what she wanted. She was not surprised that Lettice and he had been lovers because she always noticed the way those two looked at each other. It was the same way she would look at Robert. She thought for a second if there was a way for her to stop everything and turn back the clock. She could banish Lettice and their unborn child, and finally give into Robert. She could confess her love to Robert and put herself first for once. But she wouldn't, and she didn't. As much as she wanted too, she knew she was better off without him and would not let herself be with him. She had decided to pretend as if she never heard their conversation and let the two lovers be. Although the sight of Lettice made her nauseous and hateful, she had bigger things to worry about. And so she walked away from her regret hoping that one day if it was meant to be, Robert would find his way back to her. Until then, she spent her days in love with England. 

A Fan-fiction based on Elizabeth's letters

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Devereux,_2nd_Earl_of_Essex

PS. - It has been a long time since we have last had time to enjoy each others company in my bedchamber. Please hurry back to your motherland safely and victoriously. It is so disheartening to be surrounded by graybeards and fanny peckers. They are the scum on a Catholic's shoe. I long for your favorable discourse and comforting words. As a loyal subject I value your opinion and as a loyal friend you are by no means less than my most trusted of advisers. It ales me to keep secrets but they call me the "Virgin Queen." I must keep up appearances or risk losing any respect I have garnered from the men who look down on my femininity. I hope you can understand that I do not deny you publicly out of malice but for the people of this country. I have had many suitors and I still wear the frog brooch I got from one of them. I am wearing it now as I write this. But I fear I have gone on far too long with my terrible scribbles. I hope that God blesses your return with victory and comfort.

Your dearest,
Elizabeth R.

No One Dies Silently

CASSIUS:

PINDARUS stabs him 

Caesar, thou art revenged,
Even with the sword that kill'd thee. (4.3.53)

CAESAR: 

in pain - bleeding slowly 

May I remind you sirs that what you are doing may not be in your best interest
I do see my faults and I accept them, wont you allow me to change?
My friends, this is not the way to settle our differences, we can come together
We must work as one to build Rome to what it may be, we mustn't argue
The people of Rome need leaders, wont you allow me to lead? 
Give me the chance I beg for, please help me to live.


BRUTUS:

with sadness - crying 

Caesar, my dear friend,
I care not to kill you, but to look in the best interest of Rome and the people
Please forgive me as I do love you so, i beg you do not feel hate for me
You must realize the damage to our people you have caused
And I care to bring change

I must start with you.

BRUTUS stabs him

CAESAR:

Dies