The Mayan Civilization is at the height of its opulence and power but the foundations of the empire are beginning to crumble. The leaders believe they must build more temples and sacrifice more people or their crops and citizens will die. In Apocalypto, written by Mel Gibson, Jaguar Paw (Rudy Youngblood), a peaceful hunter in a remote tribe, is captured along with his entire village in a raid. He is scheduled for a ritual sacrifice until he makes a daring escape and tries to make it back to his pregnant wife and son. The Mayan Civilization had a lot to offer during their time, however a lot has happened not only to the people and what they believed in but their culture. Their culture demonstrated a lot of material that was covered in class
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Apocalypto showed somewhat the Mayans Aztecs was like such as sacrifice ,culture, struggles, and barely touched on their cosmological views. The movie did an excellent job displaying what a normal sacrifice ceremony would be like. Human sacrifice was perpetrated on prisoners, slaves, and particularly children, with orphans and illegitimate children specially purchased for the occasion.The human sacrifice was meant for the many different gods they worshipped. Each day, month, city, and occupation had its own special god or goddess. Apocalypto touched on the culture of the Mayans. One scene that demonstrated how they looked up …show more content…
Examples of justifying colonialism is cultural sensitivity is not a strong feature in Apocalypto. The culture part was barely touched on but there was a good enough part where you get an idea. While reading another essay written by Essays, UK, they stated that “Apocalypto inaccurate portrayal of ancient Mayan civilization justifies colonialism on two grounds 1) in order to subdue an extremely barbaric and inhumane culture that sacrifices its population en masse and 2) that the inherent barbarity of Mayan culture itself was enough to see to its destruction, making colonialism a benign historical
Apocalypto showed somewhat the Mayans Aztecs was like such as sacrifice ,culture, struggles, and barely touched on their cosmological views. The movie did an excellent job displaying what a normal sacrifice ceremony would be like. Human sacrifice was perpetrated on prisoners, slaves, and particularly children, with orphans and illegitimate children specially purchased for the occasion.The human sacrifice was meant for the many different gods they worshipped. Each day, month, city, and occupation had its own special god or goddess. Apocalypto touched on the culture of the Mayans. One scene that demonstrated how they looked up …show more content…
Examples of justifying colonialism is cultural sensitivity is not a strong feature in Apocalypto. The culture part was barely touched on but there was a good enough part where you get an idea. While reading another essay written by Essays, UK, they stated that “Apocalypto inaccurate portrayal of ancient Mayan civilization justifies colonialism on two grounds 1) in order to subdue an extremely barbaric and inhumane culture that sacrifices its population en masse and 2) that the inherent barbarity of Mayan culture itself was enough to see to its destruction, making colonialism a benign historical