Essays on Gladiator
Release date: 5 May 2000 Running time: 2h 51 mins Movie: Gladiator Director: Ridley Scott The Roman Empire General Maximus Decimus Meridius, who served the true emperor Marcus Aurelias. Maximus wanted revenge after Commodus sent him to be executed and for his family to be commended to death. The once powerful general forced to become...
The Hellenistic period is characterized by a style in arts where the good tries to conquer the evil in such themes as violence, dialogue, and sexual content. On the other hand, the Hellenic period does not feature violence as the central theme, and it is characterized by more of peace and coexistence. The argument that...
The movies that portray the historical events are sometimes not the best for accuracy but they do help gain interest of the past for present day people. Even though it is great that movies help create awareness they can create mislead information becoming fact. This has been the case with Emperor Commodus who is described...
Both films for this discussion entitled Ben Hur and Gladiator portray Rome as a state and empire. I found that this was more so the case with Gladiator rather than with Ben Hur. The portrayal of the Roman characters and Rome itself being in a negative or positive light depends on a few different things....
