Read the excerpt from "The Story of a Warrior Queen." Which detail in this excerpt reveals heroic qualities and
supports the universal theme of loyalty to one's country?
Queen Boadicea looked so beautiful and fierce as she
stood there, with her blue eyes flashing, and her golden
hair blowing round her in the wind, that the hearts of her
people were filled with love for her, and anger against the
Romans. As she spoke, fierce desires for revenge grew
in them. They had hated their Roman conquerors before,
now the hatred became a madness.
O Queen Boadicea uses a spear to fight.
O Queen Boadicea's people are filled with love for her.
O Queen Boadicea believes in a vengeful god.
O Queen Boadicea's golden hair blows around her in
the wind.
So, when Boadicea had finished speaking, a cry of rage
rose from the Britons. They beat upon their shields with
their swords, and swore to avenge their Queen, to fight
and die for her and for their country.
Then Boadicea, leaning with one hand upon her spear,
and lifting the other to heaven-prayed. She prayed to
the goddess of war, and her prayer was as fierce as her
speech, for she had never heard of a God who taught
men to forgive their enemies.
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