William Wallace Braveheart Essay

For my SPEAKING assignment I chose to take a closer look at William Wallace’s motivational speech in Braveheart. This speech may be taken place on a battlefield in Scotland so many years ago but I can see this happening today. We live in an uncertain society in uncertain times and I feel this speech calls to me. I get emotional every time a see it. The Scottish and English have been fighting over freedom for over a hundred years. England owns Scotland and in doing so have been very cruel to the Scottish people, have raped, murdered, and taken control in every way of the Scottish people. During this time Scotland has decided that they no longer wanted to be ruled by a tyrant and have rose up in hopes to gain their freedom. S-Situation.
This scene takes place on a beautiful hilly field in Scotland. There is a group of maybe a hundred Scottish men, standing with their weapons in …show more content…
William Wallace is addressing a group of maybe a hundred nervous, scared, and very angry countrymen. These men do not want to fight for the Scottish Nobel’s and because of this they are uncertain if they want to fight at all. William is trying to convince them that they are in fact fighting for their freedom and the freedom of their loved ones. The speech is directed toward everyone, although a few men in the group yell out comments. William Wallace is humorous, nervous, scared, and very angry.
E- Ends or Goals.
William Wallace delivered a very persuasive and motivating speech to his countrymen. The main goal or outcome for the speech was to have men stay and fight for their freedom. Men that would be willing to sacrifice their own lives and maybe possible see the deaths of their kinsmen. To be able to stand up to England and especially to show King Edward I that they were tired of the hundreds of years of tyranny and they were not going to stand for it anymore.
A-Act.
This speech is in illocutionary form, this form is used to question, command, and