Im looking for a beginning to end summary of Braveheart. Nothing extremely in depth. Around like 200-220 words. All the ones I find are either one tell the ending or are just awful.
2007-02-10 13:43:48 · 16 answers · asked by kyle11757 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
We open with the magesty of Scotland's highlands, and the bagpipes that express the country's pride.
William Wallace.
As a boy, his father, Malcolm, impacted upon his William that it's not our strength or skill, but it's our wits that make us men.
After Malcolm and his other son are killed in battle, Malcolm's brother, Argyle, takes William under his wing. At his father's funeral, a sweet little girl offers William a thistle, as a simple but touching gesture of compassion. Uncle Argyle teaches William the ways of the warrior, but adds in something that sets him apart from the rest: wit.
"First, learn to use this. (points to William's head)
Then, Ill teach you to use...this. (points to a sword.)
As we pan out, the scene changes to London. There, the king of England, Edward I, or "Edward the Longshanks" is supervising the wedding of his regrettebly homosexual son, to the beautiful princess of France. She realizes that all she wants: to love and be happy, is not in store in this wedding.
Edward passes Prima Noctes, which means that on t he night of any common Scottish girl's wedding, the English nobles are allowed sexual rights to her.
William is now mature. He takes interest in a beautiful youg woman, Murron, who happens to be the same little girl that gave him the gift of a thistle years ago. As they fall in love, they decide to mary in secret, to avoid a sure assult. After English men try to rape Murron anyway shortly after, William kicks their butts, and thinks Murron is alright, riding away. He escapes, only to find out that they executed her in order to tempt Wallace to fight.
And fight he did.
Knowing he has nothing else to live for, William Wallace lives for freedom! He leads his rebel army of friends to the Battle of Stirling, where the heavily outnumbered Scots take the battlefield, holding onto their dream of Freedom.
The Scottish Nobles appear to be behing Wallace, naming him high protector of Scotland. But at the battle of Falkirk, the nobles betray him. One in particular being a friend of William's, Robert the Bruce, the Seventeenth. (leading contendor to the Scottish throne).
The betrayal breaks William's heart. And Robert realizes that his father has been pushing him the wrong way. He screams at his father and tells him he will never be on the wrong side again.
"I DON'T WANNA LOSE HEART! I WANT TO BELIEVE, AS HE DOES!"
-Robert, to his father, the sixteenth.
William kills two nobles who betrayed him.
Ambushes are set, but no one can trap Wallace.
William is now a legend through Scotland, standing for freedom with his close friends, Hamish, Hamish's father, and his 'guardian angel' seeming, Steven of Ireland.
His legend spreads through the highlands like wildfire.
Meanwhile, the princess of England is falling for William, warning him of dangers numerous times to save his life. She meets him at a secret cottage to warn him yet again.
Meanwhile, Edward I is disgusted by his son's homosexual ways, and throws his son's boyfriend, Phillip, out the window to his death.
Edward and the entire land are awed by one man's defiance and heart. How could one rebel defy a king?
Wallace has sacked York, among many English headquarters.
With his wit.
Robert the Bruce wishes to give his allegance to Wallace. But the other nobles are rotten, and see this as an opportunity to capture William and gain English favor. Robert's father is the mastermind of the opporation, hoping to ensure his son's crowning by sucking up to the English King and capturing Wallace.
Hamish warns William not to go, that it is all just a dream.
but...
"It's all for nothing if you don't have freedom."
-William Wallace.
Wallace is captured, much to Robert's horror. he shakes his father, screaming WHY!
"My hate...will die...with you."
Robert, the 17th Earl of Bruce.
Did I mention that Robert's father has extreme leprosy?
The princess visits Wallace in his cell, the day before his execution, and begs him to drink a numbing potion. After protest, wallace agrees, to calm her. They kiss. She exits. He spits out the potion.
"Every man dies, not every man really lives."
The princess next enters the King's room, where he is dying of Tuberculosis, (consumption). And begs for the life of her love. Edward's son, sarcastically advises her that his father is living to see Wallace die.
But she is not done.
She whispers in his ear.
"Your blood dies with you. A child, who is not of your line grows in my belly. Your son will not sit long on the throne I swear it."
William Jr.?
The day of the execution.
The cruel crowd roars with applause and insults as William is wheeled in on a cross. They hurl vegetables at him and spit.
The executioner tells wallace, that if he kisses the royal emblem, and admits his treason, it will end quickly.
But William will not give in.
He holds onto his beloved wife's cloth that she gave him as a wedding symbol, clenching it for strength, and honor.
William is hung, and stretched...barely alive.
They bring him to the cross, lay him down, and begin to cut into him. You can't see it, but you know by William's face what is happening.
"It can all end...just say it...cry out, 'fmercy,' and you shall feel no more!"
-the executioner.
the crowd begs William to cry, 'mercy' and recieve the quick death of beheading. But will he give in?
Finally, William somehow manages to symbol that he wishes to speak.
"The prisoner wishes to say a word!"
As the executioner informs, the entire crowd grows quiet. They long to hear and see the end of the suffering that they had encouraged in the beginning. The emotional music leads up to William's face, as he yells....
"FREEDOM!!!!"
Just as the word leaves William's lips, Edward the Longshanks slips away, the last thing he heard, being his greatest hate's pride and dream.
Every man and woman is speechless. They close their eyes.
The princess closes her eyes.
Robert closes her eyes.
Steven and Hamis close their eyes.
The tears roll.
The executioner symbols, still baffled, to just end it...get the axe.
As William rolls his head to the side, he sees his wife, Murron, in the crowd. She walks through the unknowing spectators.
We see the axe nearing....
William squeezes the embroidered cloth.
They smile at eachother.
his hand goes limp.
Robert the Bruce is on his horse, at the field of Bannockburn, in front of the rebel Scottish army. He is going to ride out and accept his crown, ending William's dream of freedom, and giving in to the English.
As they begin to move, Robert yells, STOP! he turns to the army of friends, and says,
"You have bled with Wallace!
Now bleed with me!"
Hamish steps from the crowd, takes out his sword, and throws it, mightily, into the air! It spins, slowly, and lands proudly in the ground.
The Scots unsheathe their swords, and begin to chant....
Walllace! Wallace! Wallace! Wallace!
Robert takes out his sword, and leads the army foreward.
This is the story of one man's courage, passion, and heart.
The heart that captivated a woman,
defied a king,
and inspired a country.
No matter the size of the kingdom, or the power of the king,
There isn't a man, who could break the dream of Freedom.
We hear William's voice, among the scene of proud Scots, running to fight for their freedom.
"In the year of our lord, 1314, patriots of Scotland, starving and outnumbered, charged the fields of Bannockburn. They fought like warrior poets. They fought like Scotsmen, and won their freedom."
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Im looking for a beginning to end summary of Braveheart. Nothing extremely in depth. Around like 200-220 words. All the ones I find are either one tell the ending or are just awful.
2015-08-10 17:37:52 · answer #4 · answered by Gabriela 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brave heart is the screen adaptation of the life of Sir William Wallace.
Wallace was a Scottish Medieval hero who won the hearts of his country men when he fought the occupying English.
The movie takes us through the life of Wallace, and shows us how his persona was formed through first hand experience with the English violence against his countrymen and family.
In the movie an uncle takes him under his wing to raise him (when it reality it was a series of relatives) and educate him classically.
We see the English kings Edward the First and Edward the Second, their relationships with each other, and how marriage was nothing more then a political contract when it came to nobility.
Wallace returns as an adult to fight the occupation of the English. He makes political connections within Scottish nobility which lead to treachery and his eventual capture and gruesome death by dismemberment by the English.
The idea of Wallace has been contributed to the birth of the fictional character Robin Hood. A “keeping up with the Jones’s” on the part of the English.
The idea of Wallace has also affected modern feelings. In 1997 there was a referendum in Scotland. This referendum asked whether there should be a Scottish Parliament. It was thought that before the movie, this concept had no backing in Scotland- but once the movie came out, the idea had such power, it passed in a landslide.
The movie re-sparked the sense of Scottish pride and independence. A statue was erected in Scotland to memorialize William Wallace. It looks exactly like Mel Gibson’s character.
2007-02-10 14:02:48 · answer #5 · answered by There you are∫ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Catholic director imposes his religion on an essentially pagan culture. But it is a story about English oppression upon the (pagon) Scots. The "braveheart" being a mythicized real person that lived an incredible life. Oh yeah, do your own homework you bum! Cripes we never had these advantages when we were kids!
2007-02-10 13:48:40 · answer #6 · answered by elflocks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-01-27 03:05:59 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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When the bible speaks of partaking of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil you are reading what is called a metaphor. Knowledge of good and evil is a metaphoric reference to judgment. When you judge something you attempt to determine if it is acceptable or not. In effect you are deciding if it is good or evil from your point of view. Once we were just like the animals and recognized that everything in the garden that God had given us was good. At some point we started to judge some things as being better than others are. This set up a situation where something’s were more appealing to us than others. We started wishing for these things and were no longer happy with some of the other things in the garden. This is what is referred to as the fall of man, or separation from God. Some references actually call this the detour into insanity. This self-induced separation from the knowledge of the perfection of god’s gifts to us was never shared by the animals. They were too smart to fall for this silly idea and were not fooled by the ideas of good and evil. For this reason they exist along side of us still experiencing the perfection of the garden. While we have excluded ourselves with our ideas of judgment. This is a truly fascinating subject that has many interesting facets. Including how to reverse the process and return to the original state. Love and blessings. don
2016-04-10 09:26:59 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the beginning, there was God. God decided to create the world. He made all sorts of stuff, like the land and seas, and made plants and animals to live on them. Finally, he created Man, in his own image. He created Adam first, and gave him the ability to rule over all the animals as he saw fit. Adam got lonely and horny, and asked God to make him a wife. So God took one of his ribs out, (ouch) and made Eve. They lived with all their animal pals in the Garden of Eden, a divine forest where they could live in happiness forever. One of the trees, however, had fruit that would give the person who ate it knowledge of good and evil (i.e. morality). God wanted humanity to be perfect, so he forbade them to eat the fruit. This continued for a while, but eventually the temptation became too great for the two, and they ate the fruit. The Bible uses the serpent as a personification of temptation. Upon eating the fruit, they realized that they were naked, and decided that this was a bad thing. They then clothed themselves with leaves. God saw this, and immediately found out what they had done. He said, "So now you know what good and evil is. So be it. You will leave the Garden, and your descendants will forever live in hardship and toil." He then Sparta-kicked them out of the Garden, and they went to live in the desert. They then had a couple kids, but that's the next story. It's a pretty interesting story to look at, because it points out that humanity's greatest strength, our knowledge of morality, is also our greatest flaw. We would still live in the jungle quite happily if we had not decided that we were above the rest of the animals. But at the same time, we are the rulers of this planet because we have this knowledge. Mike
2016-03-16 01:06:32 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, he was born wanting freedom. And was inspired into action when he saw someone hanged (his father). He grew up learning to fight. Put together a band of common folk and died fighting... his last words were 'freedom'. His legand inspired others to fight and win. His life was not a lose. His generation got freedom.
2007-02-10 13:47:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
braveheart was not real.william wallace was not the person portayed in braveheart. it was a good movie but was not actual facts
2007-02-10 13:47:53 · answer #11 · answered by kelly r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋