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First, I will briefly discuss the events that took place before the birth of William Wallace and how he came to be Scotland’s most memorable hero. During the early 1200’s Scotland, was experiencing many disputes between rival towns and rival families as well as the dispute against English invaders. Tension began to grow between the two rivals the Bruce and the Balliol families each were claiming their rights to the throne. However, these disputes would only get worse when Edward I (Longshanks) of England wanted the throne for himself, which he gained through lies and deceit. In August of 1274

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Also, writers and producers will admit that the setting of the!

movie and costumes of the characters mattered a lot. Also, they did see fit to mention Wallace’s younger brother John, and if you remember in the first half an hour of the film his father and older brother dies when Williams was a boy. However, it is only right that writers and producers include the facts in order to make the story more appeasing rather than, showing the audience what they think we want to see. For instance, in the movie we are led to believe that Wallace’s mother was already dead, which is not true. I believe that filmmakers exclude what they feel to be insignificant when in fact the information, which they choose not to include, is of the most importance. Another discrepancy, which I feel the need to discuss, is during the early 1200’s before the war had begun, Scotland was in deed a wealthy country not the destitute country with poor men running wild as shown in the movie. Although, he was often out numbered by Longshanks army he won many battles, and was greatly admired by his countrymen. Unfortunately, they do not put a lot of effort into really showing people what had happened. In BraveHeart, there are numerous misrepresentations of facts.

However, many of the facts, which I have stated above were either omitted or did not seem important enough for the writer or producer to include into the script. In BraveHeart, we are made to believe that Sir William Wallace was executed at Edinburgh Castle when in reality he was killed near Glasgow. Sir William Wallace became a hero of Scotland by fighting for his freedom and to unit the people of Scotland. Wallace’s display of strength and valor made many of his !

countrymen continue what he had already started.

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