Braveheart a socialogical look
The movie I chose for my sociological movie review was Braveheart. Staring in this movie was Mel Gibson (William Wallace), Patrick McGoohan (King Edward Longshanks), Catherine McCormack (Murron) Sophie Marceau (Princess Isabella) and many more. I chose this movie because it is, hands down, the best movie of all time. It had a lot of good war, love and inspirational scenes to occupy any mind for the full three hours. Braveheart relates to sociology because it talks of social class, right and wrong, and a great deal of venturing outside of the social norm. In this paper I will summarize Braveheart in detail and also tell how sociology plays a big role in this movie. Braveheart is based on the true story of a Scottish farmer, William Wallace, who is pushed too far by English tyranny. In the beginning of the movie William's father is summoned to a meeting with all the other Scottish noble to discuss a peace treaty with the king of England, Edward the Longshanks. They were discussing a peace treaty with England because England wanted to take over all of Europe. When all the Scottish nobles finally arrived at the designated barn, Longshanks ambushed them and had them all hanged inside the barn. Williams Wallace's dad however
If you ever have a free couple of hours watch this movie because it is entertaining as well as intellectually stimulating. In the movie, Wallace is merely a Scottish farmer who works for a living. This was an old law the Longshanks reinstated in an attempt to breed the Scots out of Scotland. The evening of his return he went to a wedding in the village where he met that same little girl from his father's funeral. William still kept his cool and decided that he would marry his wife in secrete so he wouldn't have to share her with an English noble. Finally, of course the king of England was the highest in the hierarchy. " Wallace was to be publicly tortured and killed to show what happens to all that oppose the King of England. If someone were to assault an English soldier it would be treated as an assault on the king himself. I liked the question that Wallace asked when he talked about the nobles; "and the common man, does risk any less [than the Scottish nobles]". Though it is common knowledge that this practice is a form or rape, the nobles did it anyway because they could hide behind the orders of the king of England. Wallace believed that now he finally had the noble's loyalty but he was wrong. William saw all of this but didn't quit know what to think of it. Many battles followed in which Wallace displayed his keen intellect in defeating the English even when the Scottish armies where nothing but farmers who were greatly out numbered. The next day all the remaining Scots went to war with the English. The social norm back then was to be a poor, ignorant, uneducated farmer.
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