Difference between revisions of "329--Week 4 Questions/Comments"
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I couldn't help but make some references to ''Braveheart'' while watching ''The Patriot'': When Mel Gibson is running out of his burning house with weapons in hand and also towards the end when Mel Gibson is riding on his horse with the colonist's flag waving behind, he is riding up and down the line of soldiers, just as William Wallace did. -- Mallory C. | I couldn't help but make some references to ''Braveheart'' while watching ''The Patriot'': When Mel Gibson is running out of his burning house with weapons in hand and also towards the end when Mel Gibson is riding on his horse with the colonist's flag waving behind, he is riding up and down the line of soldiers, just as William Wallace did. -- Mallory C. | ||
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| + | Would women be allowed in a meeting of the legislature? When Gabriel comes to the church to enlist the men of the village and none of them made any moves to get up and go, Anne called them out. Was it probable for a woman to do this?- Jason Ward | ||
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| + | There was no widespread loyalism shown in the movie, in fact, Wilkins is the only loyalist that springs to mind.- Jason Ward | ||
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| + | Is that how prisoner exchange worked? Wouldn't the British have sent someone out first to verify "the ghost's" claims?- Jason Ward | ||
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| + | Was that a maroon community that we saw? Was it an accurate depiction?- Jason Ward | ||
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| + | One issue I have with the time progression is that Cornwallis was in South Carolina for about the entire movie. Even if that is true, the Storyline would have us believe that Martin and his band of renegades were the only force keeping the British in South Carolina. The only mention they make of the regulars after a while was that Gates was a "damn fool", and there is no mention of fellow patriotic militia groups doing their part to chip away at the British force. It just seems like Martin's group of militia was singlehandedly preventing British advancement. - Jason Ward | ||
