Essay - The Movies Gladiator and Braveheart Both Focus on the Highly...

The movies Gladiator and Braveheart both focus on the highly popular and time-h*****ored, classic theme of humankind's unending struggle for freedom. Braveheart and Gladiator share numerous similarities, but are very different *****, in several important ways. In both movies, the average man becomes a true hero, *****fter he is horribly wronged, and is ********** forced to fight for freedom for both himself and ot*****rs, against what seem to be almost hopeless odds.

In these movies, the average man becomes a hero, both through circumstance, and the strength ***** his individual character. The average, unassuming ***** who evolves in***** a *****, but tragic hero is charismatic. It is this charisma that allows him to attract loyal followers, aga*****st ********** common and powerful opponents.

In both ***** and Gladiator, the tragic and ***** hero ultimately suffers a horrible ***** dramatic death, as a result of his struggle for freedom and justice.

Certainly, both the protagonists of Braveheart and Gladiator were charismatic, strong leaders. ***** natural and prominent charisma ***** Braveheart's main character, William Wallace, is demonstrated in ***** quote below, as Wallace speaks to his loyal soldiers, "***** dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to ***** ***** one chance, just ***** chance to come back here and tell our enemies that *****y may take our lives, but they'll never ***** our freedom?"

The main ***** in Gladiator, Maximus also had a strong and *****tic personality. However, ***** was much more of a leader by example than ***** William Wallace. In the follow*****g quote, Maximus is speaking to his arch enemy, Commodus, ***** has destroyed ***** life, by killing his family, and taking away his rightful position within the empire. "My name is ***** Decimus Meridius, Commander of ***** Armies of the North, General ***** the Felix Legions, ***** servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father ***** a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in t***** ***** or the next."

***** Gib***** stars ***** Braveheart ***** Wallace. ***** ***** a 13th-century Scottish commoner whose charisma and fighting skills ultimately function to help unite Scottish clans in a fight *****gainst an unjust and unethical King (Patrick McGoohan plays the role of the king). Braveheart is nearly three hours in length, and is a complex movie, with ***** interwoven subplots, in addition ***** the ***** plot.

***** is a highly *****mbitious epic movie, one of few such movies in recent history that have been both a commercial and critical success. William Wallace's engaging and tragic tale spans ***** his childhood, to ***** brave and altruistic leadership of the Scottish ***** in the heat of battle, ***** end ***** his ***** death. The majority of the details of ***** Wallace's life are showcased in ***** movie, *****cluding the tragic murder of ***** fa*****r, and the ***** events that ***** resulted in Wallace's quarrel and fight with the English, and ***** victories on the battlefield,