Spartacus Brotherhood

Brotherhood, Family, and Love
The theme of brotherhood, family and love is one of Spartacus’s major motivations throughout the film. The small scenes like Spartacus and Varinia laughing in a field together, to men huddling around a fire, accompanied with a light soundtrack push the importance brotherhood and love. The scene close to the end of the film, where Spartacus walks around the slave’s camps before the major battle, and views the people in his camp. It is not only made up of hardened male slave warriors and gladiators, but entire families. Mothers clutch their children around fires late at night, on the eve of the defining battle. This scene was accompanied with a hopeful score, as it wasn't just slaves that Spartacus was hoping to …show more content…
The hero, Spartacus, is a leader, a good fighter and tactician, and he is tested much on his journey. Though he is not a demigod, I would still argue that he meets enough requirements to be an epic hero. Spartacus(the film) is most an epic as well because of the journey the slaves take. It is a long one, where they are tested by the Roman legions, one of which they triumph, the other they fail. I also think it has the characteristic of, arguably, outside forces meddling. I believe it thinks like this conversation between Batiatus and Gracchus: ”Batiatus: May the Gods adore you! Why would you buy a woman that you have never seen? Gracchus: To annoy Crassus, of course, and to help you.” Though not committed by gods, small acts like this throughout the film change it drastically. The quote is about the freeing of Varinia, over a personal squabble. This is so important because it was something Spartacus could not accomplish, giving us that bittersweet ending Kubrick is famous for. Spartacus may not have all the characteristics of an epic, but I still believe it is