Recap Task: Braveheart
Laura Mulvey's 'male gaze' theory is definitely presented in Braveheart. This is mainly due to Catherine McCormack and Sophie Marceau's characters- Murron and Princess Isabelle- both of whom are playing the roles of William Wallace's (Mel Gibson) love interests. Both the actors used to portray his love interests are very beautiful women which I assume they did with reason as to make it understandable why William took to them but also to give male viewers what they 'want to see' as such. The scene that I think gives us the best insight to the beauty of these women is the scene where William steals Murron from her family for a day and they go riding his horse through the countryside. This scene, ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHjaVARneFA&t=86s ) is called 'Beautiful' (ironic I know). The scene is an extremely romantic scene with lots of close ups of Murron and William's faces which really makes you realise how beautiful they are and I think