The Final Scenes of Braveheart
Film scripts are written in reverse so that everything we see at the
end is led up to in the film itself. Braveheart, directed by its star,
Mel Gibson, is a splendid example of this process.
The last two scenes of the film show the public torture and the
execution of William Wallace and the re-emergence of Scottish power as
Robert the Bruce finally takes on Wallace's cause and leads the Scots
to victory at the battle of Bannockburn. The film is based on
historical fact but the truth has been distorted to make a more
effective film.
The execution sequence opens with a pair of dwarves entertaining the
crowd with a mock execution. Mel Gibson included this scene to
demonstrate to the audience that executions were a means of
entertainment in the past. The crowd found the dwarves entertaining
and laughed. The dwarves were trying to hide the fact that William
Wallace was going to die. They tried to put William across as a
traitor and as an object not a person. William was brought in on a
cross just like Jesus was. They may have done this to show that
William was as important to the Scottish as Jesus. I don't think
William was really brought in on a cross. I think it's just to make
the storyline more interesting.
In the scene before the execution, William is shown in his cell
praying to God and saying "I'm so afraid, give me the strength to die
well." This makes the audience feel hate for the English putting him
through this trauma, just because he fought for his country to be
free. He is then tied to the cross and erected onto a cart. The crowd
who have come to see the execution throw rotten fruit and rubbish at
him while he is taken to the place of his death. This makes the
audience feel bad about the way the English treated him. He looks at
them in shame while the depressing music is played while the clip is
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