Essay - The Movies Braveheart and Spartacus Share Numerous Similarities, but Are...

The movies Braveheart and Spartacus share numerous similarities, but are also highly distinct. Spartacus ***** Braveheart ***** variations on a classic theme: an average man is horribly wronged, and ***** thus forced to fight for freedom and vengeance against what seem to be almost impossible odds.

The average man who becomes a tr*****gic hero is charismatic, and rallies his loyal supporters against an overwhelming enemy.

In both Braveheart and Spartacus, the reluctant ***** dies a dramatic death.

***** incredible charisma ascribed to William Wallace, the protagonist of Braveheart, is seen in the quote below, where Wallace addresses his soldiers,

***** dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all ***** days from t***** day to that for one chance, just one chance to come back here and tell our enemies ***** they may take our lives, but *****'ll never ***** our *****?"

Braveheart stars Mel Gibson as William Wallace, a 13th-century Scottish commoner *****se ***** and skill ultimately bond various clans in a ***** against an unkind English King, (played by Patrick McGooh*****). Braveheart is close to three hours long ***** includes several interwoven plots.

***** succeeds as an ambitious epic film, one of few in recent memory. The story ***** William Wallace is told ***** his childhood, through his leadership of the Scots ***** battle, to his tragic death. Most ***** the details of the life of William Wallace are included, from ***** tragic murder of ***** father, to the events that lead ***** his fight with ***** English, his victories on the battlefield, up to his *****.

Numerous scenes of battle and action are interposed with quieter, scenes, including a rom*****ntic sub-plot. Wallace has an affair with Princess Isabelle after the tragic ***** brutal death of ***** beloved wife.

***** Isabelle ultimately reveals that she bears Wallace's child.

Like Braveheart, the Oscar-winning Spartacus is a true Hollywood epic ***** ***** to three hours in length.

In the movie, Kirk Douglas plays the role of the Roman slave, Spartacus. While a slave of the ***** Empire, Spartacus hopes for the death ***** slavery. The death of ***** did not occur until 2,000 years later. ***** is sentenced to die after bit*****g a Roman guard, but is sp*****d from ***** by Batiatus, a broker of gladiators. Peter Ustinov plays Lentulus Batiatus. At Batiatus' gladiatorial academy, the reluctant Spartacus is trained in the ancient and ***** art of ***** combat.

***** day, two powerful men ***** *****ir wives appear, from Rome. The women request two fights to the death, simply for their amusement. ***** fights a talented gladia*****r who spares him, and *****s. Spartacus is enraged with being ***** to fight ***** the entertainment of the *****, and subsequently leads a sl*****ve revolt. The revolt spreads quickly, and Spartacus leads h***** meagre troops against Roman legions. Spartacus ***** ac*****ieves victory, ***** his ***** are caught between armies, outnumbered and defeated. In the unconventional ending, ***** must be consoled by the hope that his ideas will