Wallace and Galilei;Heroes or Zeroes?
Wallace and Galilei; Heroes or Zeroes? In the play Galileo by Bertolt Brecht, the main character Galileo Galilei, is forced to recant and turn on his ideals for the sake of his life. The little monk warned Galileo before he divulged his findings, that they could be disastrous to the metaphysical order of society. Peasants, working classes, the religious right, all of humanities concept of the world would be shattered. In the movie Braveheart, a similar situation is evident. Mel Gibson plays William Wallace, a Scottish peasant under the rule of England. English soldiers kill his wife and father, and he sparks a revolt against England. After assembling a small band of soldiers, he turns to the nobles of Scotland and their armies for help. But through his rage, the metaphysical order of the ones around him is destroyed. "If we join, we can win. If we win, well, we'll have what we've never had before; a country of our own." (Wallace, speaking to Robert the Bruce, a high noble. 1:20, BH) At first he gets it, but then support for Wallace by the nobles is waned by offers of land and money by the King of England. The Nobles do not want to risk their land and power in Scotland, nor do their troops want to risk their lives and thei
He lived the rest of his life on house arrest, not being able to continue his life work. "They draw the strength they need to sweat with their loaded baskets up the stony paths, to bear children, even to eat, from the sight of the trees greening each year anew, from the reproachful face of the soil, which is never satisfied, and from the little church and bible texts they hear on Sunday. "I, Galileo Galilei, Teacher of Mathematics and Physics, do hereby publicly renounce my teaching that the earth moves. The English our too many, and if I swear to you, can you guarantee me freedom? No. 114, Andrea, Galileo)"I can't look at him. The little monk tried to show Galileo that his findings would disrupt the everyday life of the peasants, and that although they are the poor and weak, they are made to feel part of something bigger. So, Wallace is deserted and betrayed a number of times by his fellow countrymen because they will not let their metaphysical order be destroyed. I forswear this teaching with a sincere heart and unfeigned faith and detest and curse this and all other errors and heresies repugnant to the Holy Scriptures. The Religious sect was not prepared to accept this as factual information, because it made the metaphysical order of everyone crumble into a heap at their feet. The Holy Scriptures would then be proved full of mistakes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**. He was prepared to be a martyr, although all he really wanted was to have a family and a farm. He went into it with a strong heart, not knowing of the circumstances and consequences he would encounter.
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