Essay - The Movies Spartacus and Braveheart Are Variations on the Classic...

The movies Spartacus and Braveheart are variations on the classic theme of man's unceasing struggle for freedom. Braveheart and Spartacus sh***** numerous similarities, but are also highly distinct. In both *****, an average man is horribly wronged, and is thus *****ced to fight for freedom ***** vengeance against what seem to be almost impossible odds.

***** average man who ********** a tragic hero is char*****matic, and rallies his loyal supporters against an overwhelming enemy.

In ***** Braveheart ***** *****, the reluct*****t hero dies a dr*****matic death in his struggle for freedom.

The incredible charisma ascribed to William Wallace, ***** protagonist ***** Braveheart, is seen in the quote below, where Wallace addresses ***** soldiers, "And dying in your beds many years from now, would you be will*****g to trade all the days from this day to that ***** one chance, just one chance to come back here and tell our enemies ***** they may take our lives, but ********** never take our freedom?"

Spartacus also possessed a strong, ch*****rismatic presence, but was less verbal than Braveheart. The following quote showcases Spartacus' quieter charisma, "***** maybe there's no peace in this world, for us or for anyone else, I don't k*****w. But I do know that, as long as we live, we m*****t rema***** true to ourselves."

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

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

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

Princess Isabelle ultimately reveals ***** she bears *****'s child.

Like Braveheart, the Oscar-winning Spartacus is a true Hollywood ***** of close ***** three ***** in length.

In ***** movie, Kirk Douglas plays the role ***** the Roman slave, *****. While a slave of ***** Roman Empire, Spartacus hopes ***** the death of slavery. The death of slavery did not occur until 2,000 years later. Spartacus is sentenced to die after biting a Rom*****n guard, ***** ***** spared from death by Batiatus, a broker of gl*****dia*****rs. Peter Ustinov plays Lentulus Batiatus. At Batiatus' gladiatorial academy, the reluctant Spartacus is trained in the ancient ***** brutal art ***** gladiatorial combat.

One day, two po*****rful men and their wives appear, from Rome. The women request two fights to the death, simply for their amusement. Spartacus fights a t*****lented gladiator