Differences Between Troy And The Movie 300

Throughout all of history people have treated others in different fashions. For example, a Greek man would treat a woman differently than he would treat another man or a non-Greek person. However, it is very difficult for a movie director to portray how different groups are treated especially when the films are from a period of time long ago. This is shown in both the movie 300 by Jack Snyder and the movie Troy by Wolfgang Peterson. In both of these movies, women are often shown to be respected the majority of the time however there is still clearly times where women are shown as being thought less of. One scene in the movie 300 where a woman is treated in a very respectable fashion is in the memorable scene when the Persian messenger …show more content…
One scene where this is portrayed is when Queen Gorgo is asking Theron for help winning the vote to send troops to support Leonidas. During this dialogue he responds saying, “Do not think that you, a woman, can walk into the council chamber and sway the minds of men.” This clearly shows that while woman were regarded as equals in many of the basic rights as men they were not listened to with the same levels of respect. In addition to this part of the dialogue, later on in the same conversation the Queen cheats on Leonidas with Theron. This same theme of cheating on spouses was also seen in the movie Troy. In the movie Troy, the theme of cheating was also present amongst the women. The main plot to this movie is that Helen was married to King Menelaus. During the movie Paris meets with Helen and then there is a love scene. After this cheating has occurred Helen leaves Laconia with Paris to go to Troy with him. This clearly shows that modern beliefs have made us think that there was a lot of cheating going on in ancient Greece given that cheating was present in both 300 and Troy. which shows a lack of respect toward the Greek …show more content…
One such example is when Agamemnon finds Briseis praying when the Greeks took Troy and tells her , “You will be my slave. A Trojan princess, scrubbing my floors. And the night…” He then smiles wickedly. This is an example of how a man finds a woman and does not respect her due to the circumstances of war and that she is to become a slave they he would also use her in a sexual manner. He also does the same thing with her earlier in the movie right after his argument with Achilles where he takes her from him as a King taking a spoil of