Question: During Wallace's execution, he stares at a child in the crowd, who stares back and smiles. What does the child symbolise?
Krista
18th May 2005
Braveheart (1995)
1st Sep 2004
Braveheart (1995)
Question: What is the name of the song that plays at the beginning of the movie at the funeral when the girl gives William a flower?
Answer: It's called "A Gift of a Thistle" and it's on the soundtrack conducted by James Horner. Incidentally, the tune is a recurring theme throughout the film's music, and appears in several other songs on the soundtrack as well. Also in relation to the song, the flower was a thistle.
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Answer: I think the child symbolizes purity. Overall, Wallace is a pure man in the sense that he's uncompromising and fights for his convictions without wavering. He's not tainted with compromise, politics, and other things that other men succomb to. By seeing the child, he's reminded that he has to stick to his pure ideals of freedom, and not crack under the strain of torture.
Krista