Braveheart Review
...er Braveheart when they slit his wife's throat. From then on William Walace a.k.a. Braveheart, will no longer stand for the rules of England and slowly and successfully raise an army to defeat the King of England. After that, there is nothing more but blood, metal, and death. In America today it would be hard to believe that revenge is a common emotion, but looking at America as a whole it is very much a reality. Today's society is filled with pain, greed, grief, and any other negative part of the way people think. When something horrible happens to a person, they always go through a mix of feelings to help them emotionally. Revenge is a common expression, just not as many choose a real way to gain revenge. In Braveheart, William Walace solves his revenge with violence, for that time period it seemed somewhat normal. Nowadays murder is not exactly the best solution, but some still do, especially in today's American gangs. William Walace represents what the perfect American life should be, raised to be very intelligent, and then finds love to start a family. That entire scenario seems extremely surrealistic in today's America. To gain a certain height of intelligence is more likely with the academic possibilities, but it seems that day by day to find true love is becoming harder. For the fortunate ones who do, to lose their love almost as quickly as found, like Wallace, could and almost would definitely cause a rage of revenge to build. Even the fictional scene of William Walace grieving over his lost love is enough, to make anyone's heart ache. For Wallace he also came across a luck that is truly a gift to find, a gift of finding love twice in a lifetime. William Walace in the heart of his vengeful soul, captured the love of the princess of France who at the time was wed to the prince of England. It was that love that truly destroyed King Edward. Sadly though Wallace's vengeance must be his top priority and the love is quick. "There is a wham-bam quality to their story: they meet, they're in love, she's pregnant, she's gone. The affair is so truncated it seems ludicrous." (James 2) From vengeance to heroism, William Wallace became Breaveheart. With the army he raised, he still had his comrades. Much like a group of friends Wallace had his sidekick, Hamish. There was the serious friend, Hamish's father. Also, a groups comedic and goofy friend was represented by the Irish madman, who doesn't really have a name. Wallace's comrades are perfect examples of the stereotype of friends. They stand by his side through everything, now that is an element of friendship that can be difficult to come across. To truly have a friend that was willing to die for you is a loyalty that is not simple to find. The war of Scotland may or may not have been won only because of one man's vengeance, but the theory is very logical. It's similar to corporate takeovers. There's a little man who is treated very horrible in the business world. Most likely used and fired bu...