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Tell and his sons happen to pass by the hated cap. When Tell pays no attention to the authority symbol, he is arrested by two guards who try to bind him and lead him to prison....
Tell and his son were both to be executed; however, he could redeem his life by shooting an apple off the head of his son Walter in a single attempt. Tell split the apple with a bolt from his crossbow.
According to popular legend, he was a peasant from Bürglen in the canton of Uri in the 13th and early 14th centuries who defied Austrian authority, was forced to shoot an apple from his son’s head, was arrested for threatening the governor’s life, saved the same governor’s life en route to prison, escaped, and ultimately killed the ...
Seven hundred years ago, William Tell shot an arrow through an apple on his son’s head and launched the struggle for Swiss independence. Or did he?
Plot Summary. Friedrich Schiller’s William Tell is an 1804 German drama based on the legend of Swiss archer William Tell, set against the backdrop of the medieval Swiss movement towards independence from the Habsburg Empire. Schiller, a historian, was inspired by his wife, Lotte, who knew something of Swiss history and legend, to write the play.
The story of William Tell is world famous: an archer who shot an apple from the head of his son. But few people know the details of what precipitated this dramatic feat. This is what the legend tells… It was on a Sunday in 1307 when William Tell set out from Bürglen, a small village in the Schächen Valley of Canton Uri, to visit his father ...
Soldiers took him and his son Walter before Gessler. The cruel Gessler ordered Tell to shoot an apple off Walter’s head at 100 paces. Tell took an arrow from his quiver and slipped it under his belt.
