1. Merida
1.1. Merida: Merida has ginger hair and wears dress. Merida loves archery. She is getting to the age where she is going to get married. But Merida doesn’t want to get married. So, she accidently turns her mother into a bear. The reason why that happens is because she goes to a witch to get a potion that will make her mom change her mind which turned her into a bear instead. Then Merida tries to save her mom and her siblings who also ate of the cake at lasts she figures out the way to break the curse and everyone is saved.
2. Elinor
2.1. Elinor: Elinor is the queen of Scotland. She also likes the tradition of marriage. So obviously she also wants her daughter to marry the winner. but she turns into a bear after eating the witch cake. So now they have a problem about getting her out of the castle. Because if anyone sees her, they going to hunt her. She gets out of the castle. At one point she gets into a fight with a bear that has been attacking the people. At last she defeats the bear which was the way to break the curse and she is turned back into a woman
3. Harris, Hubert and Hamish
3.1. Harris, Hubert and Hamis: they are always making trouble. And when they see food they will always try and eat it.
4. The Theme and Moral of Brave
4.1. In the movie, Merida says that “Our fate lives in us. You only have to be brave enough to see it.” Try to explain what that means.
4.2. Moral: What is to be learned from this movie?
4.3. What themes do you recognize?
4.4. Theme and morale: I think the morale of the movie is to not always do what your told to do and find your own way. To the question I thinks it means something like, no matter how bad you feels there is always something brave in you, and the theme is like a kingdom kind of theme.
5. Tasks Group 1
5.1. Use as many adjectives (tillægsord) as you can to describe the characters. Write the Danish and the English word: Merida King Fergus Queen Elinor
6. Tasks Group 2
6.1. How would you describe the main charaters in the film? Write in sentences. Merida King Fergus Queen Elinor
6.2. What do you learn Scotland in the film? Nature, history ....
7. Fergus
7.1. Fergus: Fergus is the king of Scotland. Fergus has a big beard and is a big person. Fergus passion is hunting, especially bears. Fergus has invited three chiefs of different villages to marry his daughter. The chiefs had to choose some contenders to fight for his daughter. Fergus thought that was a good old tradition. So overall he is a big man who loves bear hunting and traditions.
8. Extra task
8.1. Summary of the movie
8.1.1. Merida is going to get married, but she doesn’t want to. So, Merida asks a which to make a potion that makes her mom change her mind. But the potion accidently turns her into a bear. She goes over to the witch`s house but she isn’t there. There is only a riddle. So, throughout the movie they try to break the moms curse with the help from the riddle. At last, her mom who is a bear finally kills a bear who has been fighting against the village. And a short time after that the mom turn back into a human. At last everyone is happy
9. Tasks Group 3
9.1. There are different issues and topics in the film. How many can you find?
9.1.1. issues and topics in the film: the first issue is that she is about to get married, but she doesn’t want to. A second issue is that she accidently turns her mom into a bear and needs to find a way to get her back, and then the big bear which has been frightening the village/caste/kingdom.
9.2. The film is called "Brave". Does the title fit the film, do you think? Why/why not?
9.2.1. Overall, I think the title is good but sometimes she wasn’t so brave, I think.
9.3. How would you describe the characters in the film? Write in sentences.. Merida King Fergus Queen Elinor
9.3.1. Merida: she is brave because she doesn’t do what she is told to do like marriage etc. and she hopes to the last and tries to the last. King Fergus: he wants to keep a good image to the other chiefs and can get aggressive if they start to hunt and fight. Queen Elinor: she is the queen and also wants to keep a good image for the chiefs. When she is turned in to the bear she is actually quite calm.
9.4. Why Merida returns to the wich with her (bear)mother there is something, the wich has forgotten to tell her - how to break the spell. If the spell isn't broken by the second sunrise it will be permanent. To break it Merida has to remember these words: Fate be changed look inside, mend the bond torn by pride. What is meant by these words?
9.4.1. The words are a riddle to break the mom’s curse. So basically the words mean something like, they got to swallow their pride to change their faith and mend their bond because they still got to love eachother.
9.5. What do you learn about Scotland in the film when it comes to nature and history?
9.5.1. In the film when they are in the forest which probably means there is a lot of forest, and at one point it also rains so it probably rains a lot. In terms of history they are showing a kingdom, so Scotland was a kingdom in the past.