Nearing the end of the novel, Doomed Queen Anne by Carolyn Meyer, it was evident that Anne Boleyn would soon lose the happiness she once had because of her own pride and misjudgments. This was clearly shown at the climax of the story when Anne had earlier promised the impatient King Henry that she would give birth to a baby boy. Instead, she had failed by giving the king a healthy daughter. [“No! No!” I shrieked, thinking at once of Henry and how he would respond to this awful disappointment. I had failed! Failed! “No, it cannot be!” (pg. 200)]
This was the also the turning point of the story when Anne, who was already disliked by the members of the English court, [“She is a witch,” whispered Lady Wingfield. “I believe she has put a spell on King Henry!” (pg. 164)] began to lose King Henry’s love and favour. The author revealed Anne’s disappointment and depressing thoughts of her failure by explaining her true thoughts. As Anne was desperately pleading to the king about her sorrows of disappointing him with an unwanted daughter, he showed his annoyance for what had happened. [“Never mind,” he interrupted brusquely. “You are not to blame.” But there was no warmth, no forgiveness, in his voice. And he left me to deal alone with my failure and my fear. (pg. 202)]
By showing Anne’s failure, it foreshadowed that she would be cast aside and would be seen as a expendable wife to King Henry. The author made it clear in the novel that Anne’s deepest fears of failing as a provider of a male heir to the king were coming true to her dismay. Furthermore, King Henry had already found a new mistress named Jane Seymour which distressed Anne very much. [The king could easily find another woman, someone younger to give him sons; I sensed he already had. I learned her name: Jane Seymour. I was frantic with fear and apprehension, and yet I was helpless to get rid of my rival, and Henry made no attempt to hide his affair, and he decreed that she should stay. (pg. 214)]...