Essay On The Movie 300

300 is an American made movie of the twenty first century. This historical film was released on march ninth of 2007th and has made furor among many. The director, Zack Snyder among with stars such as Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham, and many more, had made a tremendous piece of work delivering the viewers a full acting, modern way historical film. The movie 300 reflects the historical event of the Persian War in the Ancient Greece. Even though the fighting style as well as some of the monstrous characters seem a little unreal, and the filming locations were in Montreal and Lost Angeles, the editors made the scenery feel like it was the ancient Greece, the plot of the story as well as the representation of Spartans, Athenians or Persians and its war seems to be appropriately demonstrated.
As for the Spartans, in the movie 300, they were presented very …show more content…
“They were prohibited from wearing jewelry or ornate clothing” (McKay 2011, P.64) a statement that was quite contravention to 300. The movie doesn’t really represent any women but the actual queen of the Spartan kingdom, this could be the reason why the directors decided to embellish the Spartan queen with earrings, necklace and ornate clothing. However, 300 delivers true values of the women during the ancient times. When the Persian messenger arrives to Sparta and talks with the King, the queen joins the conversation, astonishing the Persian that Spartan women are allowed to do so. This leads to another, political view of Sparta. The textbook explains that women had to be independent, as well as the ability to have financial affairs and allowance to own land (Pg. 64). 300 shows that during the political council, the queen (woman) was allowed to speak among. This particular scene approves two ideas of the Sparta, first the allowance of women even in the political view, and second, the