Drusilla Culp Gladiator vs. Ancient Times The movie Gladiator follows the fictitious character of Maximus through his experiences in the gladiatorial games. While highly researched‚ the film of course differed from history in ways such as the historical accuracy to the family‚ Commodus‚ as well as the weaponry used by gladiators. Marcus Aurelius was an emperor from 161 to 180 CE as well as a philosopher. He really did wage battles along the frontier as depicted in the film‚ and is remembered by
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Odyssey essay `How did character choice affect the outcome of The Odyssey? That is the question that this essay will answer. Odysseus the hero of The odyssey goes on many adventures. During these adventures there are many choices that have to be made by Odysseus and his men. With all of these choices Odysseus and his men don’t always make the right choice. The events in The Odyssey occurred because of character choice‚ as shown with Odysseus’s ignorance‚ Odysseus’s faithfulness towards Penelope
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In the final few minutes of the movie Contagion.The film goes back to Day 1 because they movie started on Day 2. I thought this was a very interesting piece in the movie. First off‚ the paper that you see Beth Emhoff signing while she is on the business trip Hong Kong. It had the similar logo that was on a bulldozer clearing away trees at the end of movie. This business theoretically started this worldwide pandemic because it knocked over the tree which the bat that was carrying the pathogen. This
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the narrative follows that everything in the movie feels and looks real. The movie Unforgiven takes place in the Wild West‚ during the time where there were outlaws and gunslingers. The plot of Unforgiven is similar to any other western where there is a hero who is trying to accomplish a task whale the villain is trying to stop them. The western genre of movies is supported by American history creating realism within the movies. Throughout the movie Unforgiven‚ Eastwood portrays the narrative in
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’s poem The Odyssey. Many are the ways Penelope exemplifies the ideal woman‚ in that she conforms to the values and beliefs of her society. These include faithfulness‚ loyalty‚ willpower‚ pride in one ’s home and family‚ and generosity and openness to foreigners (Kline‚ 2004). The role women in ancient Greece had were reflected as inferior to men as they were never seen as heroes or fought in wars‚ rather they stayed home to look after the house and children. In Homers ‘The Odyssey’ women are portrayed
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all these symptoms and it might be because I watch so much horror movies. Also So many people say that it gives us nightmares. I’ve also heard that demons can be passed through the movie to you (Christian’s point of view). Some also say you can become very violent and “possessed” after you have seen a really horror movie. Although some of these may be true this does not stop us from watching these scary movies‚ in fact it makes us crave horror movies even more. As a child‚ horror movies never scared
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-Body 1 M: The film had a very fascinating adventure. E: In the movie there was a lot of action and conflict. L: Benny was chased around the undersized town. Watching him run was very amusing to watch. E: The actors played their parts tremendously. L: As their adventure continued on‚ the audience could see why these actors were picked to play the parts. E: The clothing matched the time era almost perfectly. L: They wore nice pants that were folded at the ankles; they also wore classy dress
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HURICANE ESSAY Discuss the ways in which the director of your set text develops the main character in this movie to convey the messages of this film. The film Hurricane by Canadian Norman Jewison exposes the corrupt justice system in America during the 60s. Through his carefully structured effective cinematic techniques‚ camera work‚ elements of design‚ historical references and symbolisation Jewison illuminates the text to convey to the audience specific viewpoints‚ of how Rubin Hurricane Carter
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In the movie called "Contagion"‚ a strange virus is affecting the U.S. population. There have been cases of death among scientists who try to discover the origin of the acute disease that is spreading rapidly through population. Within their studies it is believed that the cause was an attack rate. The virus possible spread from person to person‚ and the person who contracted it transferred it to another person. These investigations were conducted through descriptive and observational studies. This
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that it does not matter. Alex also decides that she does not want to resume taking medicines or have an operation. The movie has a quite heavy subject; hermaphrodite. It is also the first movie with this subject‚ but the movie handles this subject in a perfect way. The movie is not too heavy‚ the subject of the movie is already heavy enough. This is a very strong point of this movie. The sex of Alex is based upon biological criteria; ‘boy’ and ‘girl’‚ her chromosomal typing is; XXY. The environment
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