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- At his father and brother's funeral, young William is given a thistle by a young Murron.
- After riding with Murron, Wallace gives her a gift: the same thistle she gave him years ago.
- MacClannough disapproves of Wallace's courtship of his daughter, and so they marry in secret, without his knowledge. Much later, at her funeral, Wallace presents himself to MacClannough and kneels for his blessing. After some clear internal struggle, MacClannough grants it. Wallace has earned his respect.
- Home Alone: The archery tournament is about the only time we get an honest smile out of Prince Edward, and the only time we see him doing something he seems to enjoy and is good at. Doubles with tearjerker, as it seems to be one of the few happy moments in his life, and is about to be broken up by Longshanks.
- Edward and Phillip standing up for each other during the window scene is really sweet. Again, Longshanks spoils it, this time with heartwrenching finality
- Wallace to Bruce: "Unite us. Unite the clans." It doesn't last long, at first. In the end, he does.
- Earlier on, just after Wallace is knighted, he urges Bruce to unite the clans as they would respect and follow him, Wallace then caps it off by telling Bruce point blank that HE would follow Bruce, the look on Robert the Bruce's face when Wallace said that speaks volumes about the respect and admiration Bruce has for Wallace.
- The exchange when Robert the Bruce realises his folly after his father betrays Wallace to the English.Robert the Elder: I'm the one who's rotting, but I think your face looks graver than mine. Son, we must have alliance with England to prevail here. You achieved that. You saved your family; increased your land. In time you will have all the power in Scotland.
Robert the Bruce: Lands, titles, men, power... Nothing.
Robert the Elder: Nothing?
Robert the Bruce: I have nothing. Men fight for me because if they do not, I throw them off my land and I starve their wives and children. Those men who bled the ground red at Falkirk fought for William Wallace. He fights for something that I never had. And I took it from him when I betrayed him. I saw it in his face on the battlefield... and it's tearing me apart!
Robert the Elder: All men betray, all men lose heart...
Robert the Bruce: I don't want to lose heart! I want to believe — as he does... I will never be on the wrong side again. - Years after the execution of Wallace, on the fields of Bannockburn, Robert the Bruce is about to be humiliatingly "granted the right" to rule his own land by mere dignitaries of Edward II. He regards Murron's handkerchief mournfully, remembering the love its owner's husband felt for her and Their Land... And turning to his army of William's friends and warriors, declares:Robert The Bruce: You have bled with Wallace! Now bleed with Me.
- To this Hamish, with a mighty roar, hurls Wallace's Sword forth, as both the Blade and James Horner's majestic anthem to his bravery soars across the skies and plants his soul into the fields of Bannockburn. And charging forth with Robert, it was Wallace's name and not their King's that The Warriors of Scotland triumphantly chanted in love and honor for their fallen friend. Manly Tears will be shed.Wallace's Spirit, as his sword proudly stood in the windy plains: "In the Year of Our Lord 1314... Patriots of Scotland, starving and outnumbered, charged the Fields of Bannockburn... They fought like Warrior Poets... They fought like Scotsmen, and won Their Freedom."
- To this Hamish, with a mighty roar, hurls Wallace's Sword forth, as both the Blade and James Horner's majestic anthem to his bravery soars across the skies and plants his soul into the fields of Bannockburn. And charging forth with Robert, it was Wallace's name and not their King's that The Warriors of Scotland triumphantly chanted in love and honor for their fallen friend. Manly Tears will be shed.
