Throughout her 45 year reign, she was prosperous in utilizing all of the advantageous properties that are presented with womanhood; however, she was infamously unsuccessful in bettering the reputation for women (Papp). The lack of a king benefited both Elizabeth and England, the country over which she was ruling. Queen Elizabeth used her femininity and singularity as a weapon; she lured victims in with flirtatious gestures and cast them away once she was lucrative with her true intentions (Papp). Aside from Elizabeth’s alluring qualities, she was also quite deceitful and selfish. Once Elizabeth became queen, she made the decision to reverse England’s main religion to Protestantism, which in turn, evolved into a conflict between Protestants and Catholics (“Elizabeth I Executes”). Queen Elizabeth enforced harsh laws which forbade Catholics to practice their religion in public and required her people to attend church unless they wished to pay a fee (Clunie). Although some of her decisions as Queen of England were rather impoverished, Queen Elizabeth I was still a satisfactory …show more content…
Queen Elizabeth ruled from 1558 until 1603, for a grand total of 45 years (“Elizabeth”). Prior to her death on March 24, 1603, Elizabeth received many death threats from angry Catholics who wanted a Catholic monarch to rule (Clunie and “Elizabeth”). Queen Elizabeth’s protectors eventually traced an egregious matter of peril, labelled the Babington Plot, back to Mary, Queen of Scots. Mary, Queen of Scots, was Elizabeth’s cousin, but proceeded to be executed by the demand of Elizabeth due to her sinister attempts ("Elizabeth I Executes”). Elizabeth escaped unharmed from the incident, and furthermore ruled more certainly; however she claims that she never officially instructed the beheading to take place ("Elizabeth I Executes”). Elizabeth managed to successfully reign until her death, which many believe to have been a result of elderliness being that she was 70 years old at the time (“Queen”). Elizabeth’s throne was presented to her second cousin, James, of Scots following her death (“Elizabeth I”). To conclude, Queen Elizabeth I’s death was simply the introduction of the evolvement of the rank of women in the