Alexander the Villain
The year is 336 B.C.E, Philip II was assassinated, and Alexander was accepted by the Macedonian army to be his father's heir (Event A). Like the Thebans said, Alexander became just another tyrant like his father. While Alexander had many great accomplishments, he too had many bad factors. Alexander can be classified as a ‘villain’ because he destroyed the Thebans without reason, enslaved women and children. Egyptians were excluded from partaking in the learning centers, he treated the conquered land and people cruelly and disrespectfully, destroyed and stole Persian riches, and developed a tactic of killing all males and enslaving all women and children.
Having experienced the cruel and disrespectfulness of Alexander's father, Philip II, they expected no less from Alexander (Event A). Also following his father's footsteps, Alexander showed the Thebans no mercy. 335 B.C.E, Thebes attempted to declare their independence (Event A). Even though the Thebans fought bravely, they still had a weak spot and lost to the Macedonian army. Their futile attempt resulted in thousands dead. Alexander then proceeded to take action and sell over 20,000 - female and children - into slavery. To make things worse, Alexander ordered his soldiers …show more content…
Following his father's footsteps, Alexander too was ruthless. He killed 6,000 Thebans during the battle, and sold more than 20,000 women and children into slavery (Event A). Alexander relied on brute force against the Persians (Event C). Alexander sold over 30,000 tyre to slavery, and in another battle killed 40,000 retreating Persian men (Event C). After defeating Porus, Alexander became even more brutal. Enforcing his tactic he killer a greater of 80,000 going along the Indus River. Continually Alexander killed anyone who was in his way. Since he thought of himself only, thousands of people were
The year is 336 B.C.E, Philip II was assassinated, and Alexander was accepted by the Macedonian army to be his father's heir (Event A). Like the Thebans said, Alexander became just another tyrant like his father. While Alexander had many great accomplishments, he too had many bad factors. Alexander can be classified as a ‘villain’ because he destroyed the Thebans without reason, enslaved women and children. Egyptians were excluded from partaking in the learning centers, he treated the conquered land and people cruelly and disrespectfully, destroyed and stole Persian riches, and developed a tactic of killing all males and enslaving all women and children.
Having experienced the cruel and disrespectfulness of Alexander's father, Philip II, they expected no less from Alexander (Event A). Also following his father's footsteps, Alexander showed the Thebans no mercy. 335 B.C.E, Thebes attempted to declare their independence (Event A). Even though the Thebans fought bravely, they still had a weak spot and lost to the Macedonian army. Their futile attempt resulted in thousands dead. Alexander then proceeded to take action and sell over 20,000 - female and children - into slavery. To make things worse, Alexander ordered his soldiers …show more content…
Following his father's footsteps, Alexander too was ruthless. He killed 6,000 Thebans during the battle, and sold more than 20,000 women and children into slavery (Event A). Alexander relied on brute force against the Persians (Event C). Alexander sold over 30,000 tyre to slavery, and in another battle killed 40,000 retreating Persian men (Event C). After defeating Porus, Alexander became even more brutal. Enforcing his tactic he killer a greater of 80,000 going along the Indus River. Continually Alexander killed anyone who was in his way. Since he thought of himself only, thousands of people were