Apparently the title `Brave` was of Disney origin because they wanted the name to suggest a more adventure orientated story than Pixar`s `The Bear and The Bow` suggested.
Brave shows a feminist message in Merida's resistance to being told what to do and insistence that she choose her own fate. Patriarchy is rooted in a belief that women are inferior and should therefore relinquish their free will to men.
Feminist groups criticized the makeover for allegedly disempowering Merida, sparking outrage from mothers and feminist groups who saw the new Merida as "an overly sexualized pin-up version of her former self." Critics were also very critical of the makeover, saying it turned Merida into "just another princess".
Though Brave is set in a fictional medieval Scotland, Pixar's animators were deeply affected by the real country's raw beauty and rich heritage, visiting Scotland both in the summer of 2006 and late 2007.
The story of Brave touches on a long-lost kingdom from days past where there was a King and he had four sons. And while Brave is set in historical times, it might surprise many to hear that this is actually a reference to a real-life king and his sons.
Although they were alive at the same time, and William Wallace was Guardian of Scotland immediately before Robert the Bruce, there is no evidence that the two ever met.
The story of Mordu was invented for the Pixar movie, but it's based on Scottish myths and legends the writers/directors discovered while researching in Scotland.
Trivia. Mor'du's name may come from "mor" and "dubh", the respective Gaelic words for "giant" and "black", which appropriately describes his physical appearance and fur color.
For Brave, Pixar created three tartans for three clans while using the real Clan Mackintosh tartan for the Macintoshes in the movie. Pixar registered the DunBroch tartan with the official Scottish Register of Tartans. It wasn't the first time. Apparently, in the 1940s, Disney registered the tartan for…
"To give young girls a better, stronger role model, a more attainable role model, something of substance, not just a pretty face that waits around for romance." To make matters worse, the new Merida appears wearing a tight dress for which the princess herself expressed hatred in the film.
Young MacGuffin was to be the suitor that Merida chooses in the initial version of the film (hence his name), but this idea was later changed. In the final version, it's explicitly stated that Merida does not want to marry at all, and ultimately remains single by the end of the film.
Merida learns not to be selfish and that family bonds shouldn't be broken. Eleanor learns that sometimes it's okay to break tradition and follow your heart. And neither of them have anything to do with the bear symbolism—except to tie back into the ultimately extraneous legend of Mordu and the lost kingdom.
The witch is obsessed with Bears, and her solution to everything is turning people into bears (Merida and the price had entirely different requests/problems: not wanting to get married, strength of 10 men. Both had to do with changing their fate) We see at the end of the film that when Mordu is killed he becomes a wisp.
Then when all seemed lost, the tapestry magically seals, and Merida feels a human hand touching her hair and realizes Elinor is human again. Elinor is so happy and proud that she kisses her daughter lots of times. Fergus comes and hugs his wife and daughter and kisses Elinor.
The main language now spoken in Scotland is English, while Scots and Scottish Gaelic are minority languages. The dialect of English spoken in Scotland is referred to as Scottish English.
Since the Dorians were regarded as uncivilised by the Athenians, “Doric" came to mean “rustic" in English, and was applied particularly to the language of Northumbria and the Lowlands of Scotland and also to the simplest of the three orders in architecture.
Years before, this selfish, angry royal sought a spell that would help him conquer his brothers for sole control of the family's kingdom. But that power had the side-effect of shape-shifting him into a ferocious animal.
In it we find that a king had 4 sons, each wanting to be the heir, and through a process Mordu had the spell placed upon him, in his greed to have it all for himself. This spell had turned him into the bear.
Trivia. Mor'du's name may come from "mor" and "dubh", the respective Gaelic words for "giant" and "black", which appropriately describes his physical appearance and fur color.
