However, the tables have turned since then, and now with a 10,000 man strong army, Dilios uses the speech as a reminder to his soldiers exactly how things have changed. This sequence also takes place near the end of the film, after King Leonidas and his 300 men have already sacrificed themselves. The second speech being analyzed is given by Spartan leader Dilios, from the 2007 epic 300. And dying in your beds many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance, just one chance to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom!” The naysayers are convinced, and the army is inspired- sure signs of an excellent public speaker!
Run and you’ll live- at least for a while. Considering that the Scots are depicted as freedom fighters, as well as the film’s medieval time period, the character uses the logic of honor and freedom and delivers it with great emotion: “Aye, fight and you may die. You have come to fight as free men, and free men you are.” When a soldier responds, “Fight? No, we will run, and we will live,” Wallace uses a combination of pathos and logos to persuade his audience. And I see a whole army of my countrymen here in defiance of tyranny. He counters this by ensuring his credibility is immediately established in some of his opening lines: “I am William Wallace. Unlike the other speeches being discussed, his audience is not so easily receptive, and his words are met with doubt. The main methods Wallace uses to give his speech are logos and ethos, with some elements of pathos.
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