Princess Isabelle of FranceBRAVEHEART GUIDE 1
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- Read the proper names:
William Wallace
Uncle Argyle
King Edward I of England, Nicknamed "Longshanks"
Murron
Hamish -Wallace's childhood friend and captain in Wallace's army,
Campbell the Elder. The father of Hamish Campbell
Princess Isabelle of France
Edward, Prince of Wales- The son of King Edward and husband of Princess Isabelle through an arranged marriage.
the elder Robert the Bruce - Unable to seek the throne personally due to his disfiguring leprosy,
Robert, 17th Earl of Bruce, son of the elder Bruce and claimant to the throne of Scotland
Stephen -An Irish recruit to the Scottish army, he endears himself to Wallace with his humor, which may or may not be insanity, and his knowledge of guerrilla warfare. He professes to be the most wanted man on "my island," and claims to speak to God personally. He becomes one of Wallace's captains and quasi-bodyguard, saving his life several times.
2. Check the meaning of the following words:
cruel
pagan
to claim the throne
talks of truce
nobles
wits
lad
lass
outlawed
to succeed
to conceive
to grant smth
estate
greedy
to reinstitute (a custom)
to lull
to court smb
to assault / an assault
3. Watch the episode and take down notes:
· What do you learn of William Wallace’s family and childhood?
· What made a great influence on William as a child?
· What do you learn about King of England Edward and his son?
· Why did he arrange his son’s marriage with Princess of France?
· Why did he decide to reinstitute the old custom and grant the English nobles first night right?
· What opinion does Robert Bruce have on such a decree? Who is he influenced by?
· Why did Wallace marry secretly?
· What was the starting point of fights with the English nobles?
Homework:
Translate into Russian (in written!)
Ñäåëàòü ñëîâàðü ïî ñëîâàì èç óïð.2 (6 êîëîíîê)
1. Historians from England will say I am a liar. But history is written by those who have hung heroes.
2. I can fight. - Aye. But it’s our wits that make us men. I love ya, boy. You stay.
3. Don’t slurp
4. It was widely whispered that for the Princess to conceive, Longshanks would have to do the honors himself. That may have been what he had in mind all along.
5. They’re saying goodbye in their own way--in outlawed tartans, with outlawed pipes, playing outlawed tunes.
6. Nobles are the key to the Scottish door. Grant their nobles land here in England. Give our own nobles estates in the north. Make them too greedy to oppose us.
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