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I agree with Michael, slavery is not portrayed in this movie. Mel Gibson's character is seen as a very nice and caring person to his slaves or servants. But this would not be the case. Also, I agree with Deborah's point stating that the girl would not have spoken like that in church. These different social relations between people with different class, age, gender, and race, are not portrayed correctly in this movie. -- Justine R. | I agree with Michael, slavery is not portrayed in this movie. Mel Gibson's character is seen as a very nice and caring person to his slaves or servants. But this would not be the case. Also, I agree with Deborah's point stating that the girl would not have spoken like that in church. These different social relations between people with different class, age, gender, and race, are not portrayed correctly in this movie. -- Justine R. | ||
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| + | I remember in class discussing the different regions that were primarily Patriots, or Loyalist, or neutrals and if I remember correctly, there was a section of the Carolinas that was loyalist. This section was primarily yeomen that were against the rich plantation owners in the rest of the region. If that is all correct, then it struck me as odd that the dirty, poor, yeomen in the tavern would have been on such a friendly basis with Benjamin (him being a weathly plantation owner who just happens to be a humanitarian as well). I suppose it was just to add to the nobleness of Benjamin's character. Also, the tomahawk that he uses so gruesomely throughout the movie looked like it was actually a pipe. Tomahawks were often works of art and made into things like pipes. If that was so, then the shaft would have been hollow and useless for the beatings that Benjamin deals out. I noticed too that the characters in this movie also use their guns for beating people, just like in The Last of the Mohicans. Again, seems unlikely that they would have risked the integrity of the gun, but it certainly is entertaining! Oh and one last thing, during Anne's speech in the church, she calls them Patriots instead of Whigs which I thought was interesting. - Victoria Y. | ||
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