linked to the Roman gladiator combats. This is shown through the use of Panem audience experience being alluded to the audience experience of Roman upper and lower class at the gladiatorial games‚ comparing the Hunger Games arena to the Roman Colosseum and contrasting the tributes to the Roman gladiators. Seneca stated in Epistles 7‚ “it was really mere butchery.” This shows that not all people enjoyed watching the gladiatorial games. Some of the audience found the gladiator combats unethical. This
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having a good plot‚ outstanding actors‚ the ability to attract the audience‚ touch the audience’s feelings‚ etc. Gladiator was awarded five Academy Awards including Best Actor. Russell Crowe was an excellent choice to represent Maximus. His ability to attract the audience is a key factor in the success of Gladiator. Throughout the movie‚ emotions ran high especially for Maximus. Gladiator is the story of a Roman soldier‚ who was once loved by Rome‚ and was sold into slavery and must fight his way back
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with other gladiators‚ wild animals‚ and condemned criminals. I am a professional fighters who would fight to my death‚ I was specialized with weapons. Until the Public built multi-purpose arenas throughout the roman empire. Rome’s martial ethics and‚ in fighting or dying well‚ I could inspire admiration and popular acclaim. We were celebrated in high and low art. Our value as entertainers was commemorated in precious and commonplace objects throughout the Roman world. The gladiators who died well
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Comparison Essay: Hamlet vs. Gladiator William Shakespeare’s Hamlet is a tragic play where Prince Hamlet of Denmark wants to seek revenge for his father’s death that was murdered by his uncle and now his stepfather‚ as the murderer married his mother and King Hamlets’ wife named Claudius. Gladiator is a 2000 historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott where a loyal Roman general named Maximus Decimus Meridius is betrayed when the Emperor Marcus Aurellus’s son‚ Commodus murdered his father and
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Gladiator Julius Mitchell ENG 225 Prof. Jonathan Beller 13 March 2011 What would you do if you were engaged in a twelve year campaign; you have a wife and son who are waiting for you‚ but you are asked to be king and leader of your country? Would you refuse your king‚ and turn your back on your country‚ for the sake of two? Ridley Scott‚ director of Universal Pictures “Gladiator‚” brought to life‚ writer David Franzoni’s epic tale of Maximus‚ an inspiring and powerful Roman General
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The Comparison of Beowulf and The Gladiator In every story or fairy tale it is always issues of good and evil that intensify and escalate conflict. In the Gladiator and in the epic poem Beowulf‚ there were many similarities that occurred. For instance Maximus and Beowulf were well respected‚ loyal‚ and they fought for what they believed in. In both stories the good and evil manifested through the themes of Man vs. Man‚ and Man vs. Fate and Destiny. The characteristics of good is defined as one
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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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Gladiator Even before the first scene of gladiator you see the universal logo in a sandy colour and the DreamWorks logo in a sandy colour as well this tells the audience that it will be a film set in a dry country and there is potentially going to be a lot of sand in the film because they do not change the colour of the universal logo that frequently in films. In the first scene we see somebody’s hand (shortly we find out that it is maximus’s) toughing corn as he walks through a field. You can
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"Gladiator" is a movie meant to be remembered for many years to come. It is an action-packed; historical‚ tragic‚ emotional‚ vengeful‚ moral‚ amazing‚ exciting‚ breath-taking‚ and thrilling ride into the era of the Roman Empire. Maximus was the most honorable‚ respected‚ and skilled general Rome had ever has‚ and when everything is taken from him‚ he still manages to die as Rome’s most respected‚ honorable‚ and skilled gladiators. Maximus is the definition of Gladiator. "Gladiator" tells the tale
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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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