Brave and Transcendentalism

In the movie Brave, the Princess, Merida, is supposed to choose a suitor to marry. Merida had no intentions of getting married and decided to find a way to change her fate. She took matters into her own hands and went her own way. She faced many conflicts along the way but, Merida ended up changing her fate in the end.

“Some say our destiny is tied to the land, as much a part of us as we are of it…” (Merida)

This quote shows transcendentalism because it is showing how nature is such a huge part of our lives even if we don't always notice it.

"To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true to you in your private heart, is true for all men" (Emerson 183). This is saying that no one else's thoughts should influence your thoughts and you should be your own individual.



"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately"(Thoreau 204).

Brave shows idealism because realistically you can't just find a little magic blue thing and follow it to a hut in the woods where there is a witch who gives you magic to change your fate but this would be ideal for Merida.

Merida is a princess so she lives in a castle and she has a lot of material things which contradicts transcendentalism but she has to go into nature and become transcendental to over come the conflict in the movie.

Merida decided that taking her fate into her own hands was the most important thing to her and she did whatever she had to to be able to do this. She went out into nature with her mom and went on a crazy adventure so Merida can change her mom back from being a bear while also changing her fate without realizing it.