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[[File:Wilhelm Tell Denkmal Altdorf um 1900.jpeg|thumb|A monument to William Tell in the town of [[Altdorf, Switzerland]].]]

[[File:Wilhelm Tell Denkmal Altdorf um 1900.jpeg|thumb|A monument to William Tell a town called [[Altdorf, Switzerland|Altdorf]] in [[Switzerland]].]]

'''William Tell''' ({{langWithName|de|German|''Wilhelm Tell''}}; {{langWithName|fr|French|''Guillaume Tell''}}; {{langWithName|it|Italian|''Guglielmo Tell''}}) is a [[folk hero]] from [[Switzerland]]. In the story William Tell is a man who refused to bow down to pole set up by an army who had taken over the place he lived. He was arrested and forced to shoot an [[apple]] off his son's head with a [[crossbow]], if he did not both he and his son would be killed. Tell shot the apple off the son's head and did not harm his son. He is considered a legend and his actions helped form Switzerland as a nation.

'''William Tell''' was a [[folk hero]] from [[Switzerland]]. In the story, William Tell is a man who refused to bow down to pole that was set up by an army who had taken over the place where he lived. He was arrested and forced to shoot an [[apple]] off his son's head with a [[crossbow]]. If he did not, both he and his son would be killed. So he shot the apple off the son's head and did not harm his son. He is considered a legend and his actions helped form Switzerland as a nation.

== Adaptions ==

== Adaptions ==

* ''Wilhelm Tell'' (''William Tell''), a play by [[Friedrich Schiller]]

* ''Wilhelm Tell'' (''William Tell''), a play by [[Friedrich Schiller]]

* ''Guillaume Tell'' (''William Tell''), an opera by [[Gioacchino Rossini]], based on Schiller's play

* ''Guillaume Tell'' (''William Tell''), an [[opera]] by [[Gioachino Rossini]], based on Schiller's play

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