Patriotism In Braveheart

As little girls, women may imagine themselves as the princesses that they hear and see in movies and books. These princess often defeat the villain, meet the love of their life, the prince, and live “happily ever after”. Sadly, life is far from the things we see in these movies and books. The Princess bride, by William Goldman is a fantasy novel about a beauiful girl, named Buttercup, who is forced to marry the Prince Humperdinck after the love of her life, Westley dies. She is later kidnapped by three men, and two of those men, named Inigo and Fezzik, come together with the undead Westley to avenge an important death

To honor the Beowulf’s heroic life and battles, I’ve been assigned as one of his closest warriors to exclaim his appellation and share the stories of his battles. One of the citizen came up to me and asked, “I heard that Beowulf was an amazing guy, but I never fully knew him. Could you tell me more about him?” I was extremely excited as this man was the first person to ever ask me about Beowulf. “Beowulf was a strong leader and a great friend. Although he might not have been a very humble man, he was nowhere near being a bully. He’s the type of man that would belittle anyone who hurts the weak and innocent. Beowulf was mettlesome and was never intimidated by any menace.” The man’s eyes were already widen. “He sounds like a guy I would wanna be protected by,” the citizen said, “Can you tell me about one of his battles?” I prepared myself as I was about to begin a long lecture of how strong Beowulf was.

Sir William Wallace is believed to be one of Scotlands greatest national heroes. He led the Rising of 1297, in an attempt to reverse the loss of Scottish independence to England. He was knighted and made Guardian of Scotland. He later resigned after The Battle of Falkirk when he was defeated by the English cavalry. In August, 1305 he was arrested, condemned as a traitor, and killed. Scotland views Wallace as a national hero for his role in their freedom, however the English have viewed Wallace as a traitor, murderer, and an outlaw.

Claire Standish played the status of the “Princess”, as shown in the movie, is a girl that is stuck up and has been

When you think of a princess you may picture a girl with a lavish dress on and a crown full of jewels on top of her head, but not in William Goldman’s The Princess Bride. The readers encounter just a regular girl from a family that was never royalty, and who is always thinking of her one true love who was once thought dead.

Wallace had achieved many accomplishments through his life including, being a Texas Ranger, fighting in eight battles, and saving many lives along the frontier. He left a huge legacy on the Texas frontier by showing what bravery meant and helping the settlers colonize the wilds of Texas. He represents the Texas spirit by showing integrity and bravery to make the Texas frontiers a better place. While he`s not one of the hallmark names you hear everyday day he is a legend and while his story still goes unread he is the true meaning of a true Humble American Hero.

The film “Glory” (1989) is an astonishing production of true patriotism. The storyline follows the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, the first all-black military unit from the North during the Civil War. Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, a white Bostonian coming from a prominent abolitionist family, led the regiment in fighting for the Union. At the beginning, Shaw did not share the same passion that his parents possessed for freeing the slaves. Robert spent his life as a young adult traveling Europe before attending Harvard from 1856 to 1859. It was after he dropped out of school that he was recruited for the military. At the beginning of the movie, he is wounded in the neck in the southern battle near Sharpsburg, Maryland, commonly known as the Battle of Antietam. Found to be an exceptional Union soldier as a Captain for two years, he is promoted to the rank of Colonel, and placed in command of the 54th Massachusetts.

He was courageous in the multiple battles in which he felt was his responsibility to fight. He also never forgot to boast about his accomplishments after he won. From his very first fight against Grendel to his older days as a ruler of the Geats, Beowulf was the hero everyone idolized and looked for when there was trouble in their land. Like a Batman to little kids today, Beowulf was always the superhero for the

Historic movies are often produced with the premise that they will tell an honest tale about the past, but how accurate are they really? The Patriot is a historical movie the shows the life of an ex-war hero, Benjamin Martin, and his life continuing on through the American Revolution. This includes his interaction with the soldiers and generals, his political stance, and his involvement through the towns. Because the Benjamin Martin is fictional The Patriot cannot be called 100% accurate, but that doesn't mean that other aspects shown were inaccurate. The Patriot demonstrates authentic knowledge of history militarily, socially, and politically.

William Wallace was born poor in Elderslie, Scotland with his dad being a small landowner. He grew up under the leadership of king Alexander III, which also was a time of peace for Scotland. Their king died in a horse riding accident but his granddaughter which was next in line for queen died the boat ride to Scotland After she died that’s when Edward I became king.William decided to fight for peace when a soldier tried to rape his wife and she attacked the knight out of defence, she faced trial and was convicted for attacking an authoritative figure, which the penalty was death with soldier no consequence.

That in fact would be wrong because since the princess was so in love with this young man she would be too jealous to see him with another woman other than herself. The princess was known for getting everything she wanted and she wanted to be with the handsome young man, not for another woman to be with him.

In the movie, Wallace is introduced to the audience as a common man with very humble beginnings whose father was a farmer. He was in fact not the son of a common farmer but the son of a low-level. Wallace first acted in anger against the English when he was insulted by the son of an English governor and proceeded to strike him dead and he began his military career. His military dream to free Scotland started in May 1297 after the murder of Marion Braidfoot who is the historical basis for the character Murron in Braveheart. Wallace won the battle of Stirling; he was kind of disappointed when he remembered that he had to fight the English king. The English king brought his army north. The English army had infantry and archers as well as over 3000 cavalry. The Scottish army was only half the size and had almost no cavalry. The Scottish army lost, Wallace however went into hiding. The film Braveheart makes the audience believe that Wallace went around killing his enemies in Scotland, there is however no historical evidence for this belief. Politics were beginning to change due to the manipulations of Edward I and even England’s enemies wouldn’t offer Wallace any help. After traveling to France, germane and Rome he returns to Scotland after almost years abroad to find out he was betrayed to the English by a Scottish noble named Sir John Menteith and was turned over to the English for a trial. He was then taken to for trial and execution. The film Braveheart is

William Wallace was so famous among the Scots that they made a movie about him. The movie was directed by Mel Gibson, and originally written as a book by Randall Wallace. Mel Gibson played William Wallace. In the movie, William goes on his rampage against the English after his wife was

Aurora, as the perfect woman, is depicted as extremely demure” (Castillo 1). He claims that the princesses in these films are helpless and cannot stand up for themselves.

“The Princess in the Suit of Leather,” introduces a beautiful, young princess, Juleidah, whose mother has just passed. After a year of mourning, the king, Juleidah’s father, decides to marry again; however, he insists that his wife’s anklet