Today‚ I will bring to your attention the recent gladiator protests against oppression before their battles. During these protests‚ approximately 800 gladiators kneeled down‚ locked arms‚ or did not come out into the arena before their battles‚ an action of disrespect to me. These gladiators have only one task‚ to fight for our entertainment. They do not have the right to express their opinions. This is an issue that must be fixed immediately because if we do not‚ then they will rebel against us
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differences between how heroism is portrayed in the Gladiator and in the Beowulf‚ is showcased between the time differences in the texts. Beowulf comes from a line of kings and has the strength of 30 men‚ In the Gladiator‚ Maximus is a commander of the Roman army with a family waiting for him at home to return. A hero must possess key qualities‚ such as‚ Loyalty‚ Leadership‚ Courage‚ Honour/Decorum in order to be victorious; which both characters have. Beowulf’s time and his acts of heroism is before
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A gladiator was a trained warrior who fought bloody battles to entertain the ancient romans. According to tradition‚ gladiators were introduced to Rome in 264 B.C.‚ when Decimus Junius Brutus had three pairs of gladiators fight during his father’s funeral. The games soon became very popular soon after. The gladiatorial games could be compared to that of a present day circus. Gladiators were usually prisoners of wars‚ prisoners who committed serious crimes‚ or slaves. The Romans built many structures
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Gladiators were the insignificant outsiders and the lowest rank of Roman society. Criminals‚ captives of war‚ religious dissidents‚ the poor and destitute and disobedient slaves in possession of a strong body and resourceful mind could well have found themselves being sold to the familia gladiatoria (a gladiatorial school/troupe). The existence of a gladiator was perilous‚ painful and usually brief‚ but beyond the physical dangers and hardship‚ gladiators were restricted in a public and political
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Gladiators of Rome Throughout the film we met six different gladiatorial types‚ the Samnite‚ Hoplomachus‚ Murmillo‚ Secutor‚ Retiarius‚ and Thracian. The Samnites were quite lucky for they were heavily armed‚ with a large shield‚ a plumed helmet‚ and a short sword. Because of their large shields and short swords they would often get close to their opponent and deliver a deadly stab. They were from an Italic tribe in Campania‚ and had previously fought three wars against the Romans. The Hoplomachus
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by war." "We who are about to die salute you!" Gladiator (Latin gladius‚"sword") This was the cry of the gladiators‚ or professional fighters‚ when they saluted the Roman emperor as they marched about the amphitheater before engaging in combat with one another or with wild beasts for the entertainment of the people. For the most part they were prisoners taken in war‚ slaves‚ or the worst classes of criminals. When a gladiator was disabled or disarmed‚ the spectators turned up their thumbs
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When watching the movie Gladiator‚ one might notice how very similar this story is to the Shakespearean play‚ Hamlet. In Gladiator the main character seeks vengeance for the loss of his son and wife‚ as does Hamlet for the loss of his father. The vengeance sought out in Gladiator is a result of treachery involving loved ones as is the vengeance sought out in hamlet. Finally‚ both Hamlet and Gladiator are examples of dramatic tragedy where the main character ends up dying. Along with these similarities
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Gladiators were mostly unfree individuals either condemned criminals‚ prisoners of wars who had lost their citizenship rights‚ although‚ some of them were volunteers who were mostly freedmen or very low classes of freeborn men who chose to be a slave for monetary rewards or for the fame. Gladiators were brought for the purpose of gladiatorial combat and would endure branding‚ chains‚ flogging or death by the sword and subjected to a rigorous training‚ fed on a high-energy diet‚ and given expert medical
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Ridley Scott’s Gladiator is the critically acclaimed 2000 film starring Russell Crowe which won forty-eight awards‚ including a BAFTA for best film. Gladiator depicts the tale of Maximus Decimus Meridius and his struggle against the might of the Roman Empire and the vicious gladiatorial arenas. Throughout Scott’s masterpiece are a wide range of filmic techniques in the visual and auditory channels that collaborate in enunciating the overall narrative. The opening sequence is a prime example that
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Gladiator is a historical dramatic film set in Ancient Rome. It depicts the storyline of a general betrayed by the emperor’s son‚ of which he then ascends the gladiatorial battlefield to challenge him once again. The movie was made in the year 2000‚ and was shot in three separate locations spanning from England‚ Malta and Morocco. The characters in the play were depicted by actors such as Russell Crowe as Maximus the betrayed general‚ Joaquin Phoenix as Commodus the emperor’s son and Connie Nielsen
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