![]() ![]() In rehabilitating common misconceptions about the past, the present becomes enlightened law replaces violence and passion is overcome by reason (Shields 2017).įigure 2: Murtagh (accessed from on 24th February 2019). His traditional clothing – which had been outlawed following Culloden- his customs, culture and his language which had seemed so very foreign needed to be explained and understood to be rehabilitated. The Highlander is a romantic, heroic, swashbuckling figure clothed in layers of tartan who is a symbol of a lost world a world of ancient manners and tradition which Sir Walter Scott felt needs preserving. Missing out Mel Gibson and Braveheart was deliberate.įigure 1: The MacKenzie Men (accessed from on 24th February 2019) How does Sir Walter Scott portray the Highlander in Waverley and Rob Roy and how does this contrast with Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber? I was limited to 3000 words, but I may well add further thoughts on the subject at some point. Here’s an essay I wrote last year, which I rather enjoyed writing (I was determined to get Outlander somewhere into the MLitt assignments!). ![]()
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