William Wallace was wrath at the British for killing his wife. He began to fight for his and his people’s freedom from the British. Gilgamesh fought the monster to save his friends life at the cost of his. At the end, William Wallace died for his and his people’s freedom. Gilgamesh killed the monster and saved his friends life.
Vlad would also sew hats on to his enemy’s heads if he wanted them to live. Vlad would only do this if he wanted to send a message to his victim’s leaders. This would cause a very painful period of time until removed. If these hats weren’t removed in time they could cause infections near the stitches. Vlad would also watch as his soldiers dismembered his enemies.
Love drives the main characters in both movies to accomplish their goal, which is to exact their revenge on those who have wronged them. Revenge is the main downfall of both Maximus and Wallace. Even though their thirst for revenge is satisfied, they both meet their death as a result. Maximus is able to directly settle his score with the antagonist Claudius by killing him at the cost of his own life, while Wallace was only able to defeat some of his enemies. However, Wallace’s death caused a movement for freedom among his people, which eventually resulted in the English being forcefully driven from the country of Scotland, thus ultimately completely Wallace’s goal.
“ Well it’s time to eat steel”. That is his catch phrase. And away he went hammering away the villains, until the all on the ground. He calls the police to pick up the villains. When they showed up the chief of police said.
“I held up the guard to taunt them, then held him still higher and leered into his face… As if casually… I bit his head off, crunched through the helmet and skull with my teeth and, sucked the blood that sprayed like a hot, thick geyser from his neck,” (Gardner 79). This quote shows how after getting the charm no weapon could hurt Grendel which allowed him to become even more monstrous with his killing. This last quote is from the very end of the book when he enters the mead hall right before he dies. “For pure, mad prank, I snatch up a cloth from the nearest table and tie it around my neck to make a napkin… I seize up a sleeping man, tear at him hungrily, bite through his bone-locks and suck hot, slippery blood. He goes down in huge morsels, head, chest, hips, legs, even the hands and feet.
Despite of the tragedy Odysseus remains to keep his moral high and hatches up a plan to deceive Polyphemus. “There bowls I brought him, I brought him and poured them down. I saw the fuddle and flush come over him…” (9.355-365). His men are brutally killed and gorged on by this monster; nevertheless, Odysseus is still able to face his fear, exemplifying bravery. Proceeding on the plan Odysseus and his men drive a spear through the Cyclops’s eye.
An example of Beowulf’s intelligence can be seen at the start of his fight with Grendel. “My plan was to pounce, pin him down in a tight grip and grapple him to death-have him panting for life, powerless and clasped in my bare hands, his body in thrall.” (Heaney lines 962-965) Here Beowulf knew that to defeat Grendel, he would need the element of surprise. Even when Grendel mauled and killed one of his fellow Geat warriors he didn’t attack because the element of surprise was vital to the success of his plan to slay this unknown beast. Ulysses showed intelligence in the way that he helped himself and his men escape from the Cyclops. Ulysses had devised an elaborate plan that would allow himself and his men to escape the cave in which they were being held.
Beowulf put his life on the line to protect other people; a soldier does the same. They are both fighting because they believe it is the correct thing to do. In the spic poem, Beowulf is fighting a monster, Grendel , who is eating Hrothgar’s people. In
Firstly, Martin and several friends launched a surprise attack on Badrang’s castle. This was phase one of his plan to get revenge on Badrang. After this attack had been going on for quite some time, the castle finally crumbled to the ground. In the hurry to destroy all enemy forces, Badrang escaped unnoticed by everyone; except for the keen eye of Martin. The final part of this ultimate test was to slay Badrang.
He devised a plan to murder the current king, King Duncan. His strong will to have what he wants has taken over his good habits and good willed heart and turned him into an ambitious man who wants everything. Once the murder has been committed and some days have passed the guilty trip sets in hard. Macbeth tries to coop with the stress but his guilty conscience makes his mind spin. Macbeth begins to kill more to acquire the throne of Cawdor.