GROUP PAPER/LEADERSHIP GLADIATOR‚ by Ridley Scott (2004) 1. INTRODUCTION Acting as observers in this case‚ we are reviewing the leadership from the perspective of the son of Caesar‚ Commodus. A man‚ with love lost. A man‚ without the desired virtues set by his Father. A man‚ without morals‚ as stated by his Father. A man‚ who competes for favor‚ trust‚ honor and value with an authentic leader like Maximus‚ someone whom has also had the love of Commodus Father and fails to connect with his followers
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Gladiator is set during the peak of the Roman Empire. The story revolves around Maximus (Russel Crowe)‚ one of the best General’s in Emperor Marcus Aurelius’ (Richard Harris) army. The emperor is dying and makes his wishes known that Maximus be his successor instead of his son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) . As you might expect‚ going through life with a name like Commodus‚ and then being passed over by his own father doesn’t look good. He orders the death of Maximus‚ who manages to escape and become
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reign of the Roman Empire. One in particular‚ Gladiator‚ is a fictional film set during the time of the Roman Empire. As a story line it has no actual historic validity‚ however depicts the imperialistic‚ unscrupulous‚ and savage nature of the film’s villain‚ Commodus to Gaius Caligula perfectly. Many of the physical features of these two characters are close in resemblance. Caligula was known to have black sunken eyes‚ as did Commodus in Gladiator. An aesthetic flaw by one who is usually sickly
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Comparing Real Vs. Movie Commodus In the movie “Gladiator”‚ Emperor Commodus is portrayed as an unstable and neurotic sadist who killed his own father for the throne of the Roman Empire. Real history has no solid proof that Commodus‚ while unstable‚ killed his father Marcus Aurelius. He was actually made co-emperor at the age of 5 (Heritage). However‚ the sexual relations he had with his sibling is in fact true‚ but it was not with the sister Lucilla as shown in the movie‚ but rather with another
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Gladiator is a historical film‚ which was released on May the forth in 2000. The movie was set in the year 180AD. The filming was held from December 1998- May 1999 and the whole creation took three years. Gladiator is about a powerful general named Maximus‚ who is asked to be emperor over the emperor’s son. This causes his son Commodus to kill his father in rage. Commodus becomes Emperor and tries to assassinate Maximus and his family in revenge. Maximus escapes Commodus and tries to regain the
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Karl Marx‚ the founder of Marxism‚ believed that in an industrialized society the working class would revolt and take over the ruling class‚ which would in effect create a classless society‚ taking everyone back to zero. Marx’s concepts are simple: in order to grasp the true meaning of happiness‚ people must separate themselves from their materialistic tendencies as well as each in order to refocus on themselves as individuals‚ much as Tyler Durden displays in the movie Fight Club. Although critically
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“Marxism has become irrelevant in 21st century” Do you agree? Why? Content Introduction......................................................................P.3 Definition of keywords………………………………….P.4 Background of Marxism……………….……………….P.5-P.6 The element of Marxism…………………………..……P.7-P.17 * Class theory………………………………………………………. ..P.7-P.8 * Class struggle……………………………………………………….P.9 * Communism………………………………………………………...P.10-P.11 * Historical materialism………………………………………………P.12-P.13
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Marxism Marxism started in its early years as an economic and sociopolitical worldview and method of socioeconomic inquiry centered upon a materialist interpretation of history‚ a dialectical view of social change‚ and an analysis–critique of the development of capitalism. In the early-to-mid 19th century‚ the intellectual development of Marxism was pioneered by two German philosophers‚ Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. As an ideology‚ Marxism encompasses an economic theory‚ a sociological theory
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depending upon the changes in material conditions‚ like technology and production capacity‚ and these factors are the primary influence on how society and the economy are capable of being organized. According to the Marxist website‚ In Defence of Marxism‚ “historical materialism is the part of Karl Marx’s theory maintaining that social structures derive from economic structures and that these are transformed as a result of class struggles‚ each ruling class producing another‚ which will overcome and
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and cruelty‚ honor and violence” (Beck 152). Thousands of people would flood to the colosseum to watch gladiators duel with animals‚ and with each other. This form of entertainment attracted multiple spectators‚ yet is was an extremely deadly sport. A multitude of gladiators died while fighting in the colosseum. Through the sights of death‚ people still watched the fights for centuries. Gladiator fights were not always in an arena‚ they were originally fought by slaves at funerals of the wealthy.
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