#execution scene

This painting, probably based on eye-witness accounts and contemporary engravings, records the execution of Charles I on 30 January 1649 at Whitehall, after a long and bitter civil war. The inset pictures on the left show Charles as he appeared at his trial, and below, Charles walking to the scaffold. Those on the right show the moments immediately after the execution: the axeman holds up Charles's severed head while spectators hurry to dip their handkerchiefs in royal blood. The central image, with the swooning woman, hints at a parallel with Christ's crucifixion.

I watched Hamilton

▪Execution scene (Mary Queen of Scots?). Culture: English or American (?) Date: 19th century Place of origin: England or U.S.A. (?)

Write a scene from the perspective of someone being taken to their execution. Then write it from the perspective of their lover, watching from the crowd. It is the lover's fault they’re in this mess.

You know I forgot that she was executed with a sword rather than an axe, which means she may not have had a block (there are conflicted reports on how that would have been done). I still think the execution scene was over-dramatized, but I appreciate the correction. :)