“Every man dies, not every man really lives.”
“His passion captivated a woman. His courage inspired a nation. His heart defied a king.”
“Freedom”
A dramatically inspiring movie about bravery and freedom, Braveheart takes the viewer back to the 1300s and introduces them to the legendary Scotsman named William Wallace (Mel Gibson). After his childhood love interest Murron is killed by an English Sheriff, Wallace strikes back and finally starts a revolution against the English people.
William Wallace is a Scottish rebel who leads a rebellion 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 Wallace’s father and brother, along with a lot of others, lost their lives attempting to free Scotland. Once he loses another of his loved ones, William Wallace starts his long quest to make Scotland free once and for all, along with the assistance of Robert the Bruce.
William Wallace is both a bright military strategist and courageous warrior. Although the William Wallace character in the movie really existed, the movie is based on an epic poem called Sir William Wallace, Knight of Elderslie.
The cry for freedom that Wallace brings in at the end of the movie right before his death is potently influential.
Braveheart inspiration in real life: A young boy whose mother has MS led 100s of supporters to the Scottish Parliament to crusade for free vitamin D to help fight the illness. 14 year old Ryan McLaughlin says young children and pregnant women should be given free vitamin D supplements, believing it can help avoid MS after scientific studies suggested a link.
Ryan said he was inspired by Braveheart. He was joined by about two hundred supporters, many of them youngsters, in a march down Edinburgh’s Royal Mile to the Scottish Parliament.
Before putting his case to Holyrood’s petitions committee, he said: “I’m going to parliament to try to give them my insight into how my family’s been affected and that vitamin D is the answer, in my opinion, to get through this.”
William Wallace’s speech in Braveheart about having “just one chance” to make a difference gave him inspiration, he said.
