"BRAVE HEART" ( A FILM REVIEW)

BRAVE HEART

I. SUMMARY

William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising against the cruel English ruler, Edward the Longshanks who wishes to inherit the crown of Scotland for himself. When he was a young boy, William's father and brother, along with many others, lost their lives trying to free Scotland. When he was old enough, he married a woman secretly because once it was known, his wife will be taken to the king forever. But then fate was cruel. Their marriage was discovered by a brutal knight and her wife was killed because she didn't paid respect to the knight. That caused William's anger to unravel and his desire to have vengeance against the Scottish people. The people of his tribe decided to join his plan to break out a war against the Scottish people. They had won numerous fights but then when they asked help from Robert the Bruce and his people to join them in their last an very important fight against the Scottish people, they were betrayed and that caused their defeat and loss of thousands of lives. Robert the Bruce was deeply bothered by his conscience on why he did such thing: and that is the betrayal he and his people had done. He decided to meet Wallace once again to make it up to him but then, Robert's people had a plan: and that is to catch Wallace and bring him to the king of Scotland in order for him to be punished. And that was what happened. Wallace was caught and was beheaded. When he died, his people continued the revolution against the Scottish under the leadership of Robert the Bruce. They won in the last fight . They defeated the Scottish king and thus ended the story.

II. PERSONAL DOCUMENTATION

III. CHARACTERS:

+::+ William Wallace- (old) Mel Gibson
(young) James Robinson
+::+ Murron (wife)- (old) Catherine McCormack
(young) Mhairi Calvey
+::+ Malcolm Wallace (father of William)- Sean Lawlor
+::+ Robert the Bruce- Angus Macfadyen
+::+ Princess Isabelle- Sophie Marceau
+::+ King Edward I- Patrick Mcgoohan
+::+ Prince Edward- Peter Hanley
+::+ William Wallace's warrior friend
+::+ William Wallace's trusted friend

IV. SIGNIFICANCE OF BRAVE HEART TO THE PRESENT SOCIETY

Brave heart is an eye-opener to the cruelties and brutality the present society is doing right now. It also serves as an inspiration to the people nowadays that we should not let other people hurt us or maltreat us. It also serves as an awareness and warning for people who are maltreating others.

V. HISTORICAL REVIEW OF BRAVE HEART

Brave heart was signifying an depicting the historical part of Scotland where the Scottish people were fighting for their freedom. The Brave heart was considered one of the greatest films ever because it showed every detail about the Scottish people's struggle for freedom.

Christianity versus Chinese philosophies

"Christianity versus Chinese philosophies"

There are many types of teachings and religions in this world and each has their own patterns, way of living and beliefs. Let us take a look at two types of religion or belief in this world: and that is Christianity and Chinese beliefs. I believe that these two beliefs are really contradict to each other by their ways and philosophies.

Christianity means believing in Christ and having Christ in our lives as our personal lord an savior. Being a christian means having one God or being monotheistic. We also believe in the Trinity meaning that there is one God but appears in three persons. Christians also believe in the Bible where God's words are written. They also believe that there is one omnipotent, omnipresent and powerful God. This is the belief of Christianism.

On the other hand, Chinese philosophies has 3 aspects: Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism.
Each one of them has their own ways and beliefs. Confucianism beliefs are based on the teachings of Confucius. Taoism beliefs are based on the teachings of Lao Tu and Legalism beliefs are based on the teachings of Hanfeizi. That proves that Chinese people have many beliefs and religions which is very opposite to the belief and teachings of Christianity. Another example is the belief of Chinese people that inhabitants of this world should just go with the flow. That is very contradicting to the belief of the Christians because Christians are going and living against this sinful world.

Many are still debating about all of these teachings and beliefs but then, all I can say ais I'm blessed that I'm a Christian and I will never replace Christianism as my belief end religion with any other beliefs and religions in this world. ☺

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Teachings of Taoism

TEACHINGS OF TAOISM

Taoism was founded by Lao Tzu. He created this philosophy so that people can be deeply related to the nature or his surroundings. It refers to the power which envelopes surroundings; all things living and non-living. Some of his teachings and quotations are:

- " Be still like a mountain and flow like a river" = means that we, people, should go with the flow. And that is also one of the main teachings of Taoism.
- " There would be no love without hate, no light without dark and no male without female." = means that for every thing (whether living or non-living), there is always an opposite side or part of it. That belief is also called the Yin-Yang.

These are some of the Taoism teachings and beliefs.

Teachings of Confucianism

THE TEACHINGS OF CONFUCIANISM

Confucius was the founder of confucianism. His real name was Kung Fu Tze. He implemented these teachings so that people can be educated and paople will learn how to live a fruitful, meaningful and organized life. Some of his teachings are:

- The "Golden Rule" which states that "do unto others what you want others do unto you". = means that what you sow is what you reap. So if you want others to do good to you, you should also act good towards your fellowmen.
- Development of human perfection through good acts.
- basic Confucian values (example: social and ritual propriety)
- being a "gentleman" (for boys) = example: offering a seat to a lady inside a bus.
- quotes which say: "the superior man is firm in the right way and not merely firm."= means that a man with dignity and integrity is firm in what he is saying and what he is doing because he know in his own self that what he is doing is right.
"the superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions."= means that action speaks louder than words so you should speak less and act more but should be in the right way.

These are some of the teachings of confucianism.

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