This scene from the 2006 film 'Marie Antoinette' depicts Queen Marie Antoinette confronting powerful royal advisors who dismiss her authority, revealing the political tensions between the young queen and the established court hierarchy. The dialogue exposes how women and outsiders were systematically marginalized in political decision-making, with advisors questioning her judgment and counsel while she asserts her right to participate in governance. The scene illustrates the broader conflict between royal tradition and the new queen's influence, highlighting how political power dynamics in the French monarchy created significant obstacles for Marie Antoinette's leadership.
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And in your case, as with all women, the sight is but blindness, the strength weakness, the counsel foolishness, the judgement frenzy. Are we to abide a papist and a woman both?
Well then, I perceive that my subject shall be you.
And not me. May I sit, madam? No.
You may remove yourself from this council and my court. My council is among the faithful disciples I serve.
We have as little need of this court as it has of us. I beg you to reconsider.
He has the trust of the people.
>> Did I not give deference to his face?
>> Yes, but we must be delicate. Allegiance does not happen by proclamation.
>> his delicacy?
That he should speak to a monarch so?
Would he challenge Elizabeth thus? With what cause? He would welcome a Protestant queen. It which is precisely why we must not push him into her arms.
Show him love.
You are wise, brother.
There are times for wisdom and there are times for love, but there are also times for strength.
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