Commodus

The most prominent example of this is Emperor Commodus’ sister Lucilla. He is sympathetic towards her for two main reasons. First the hinting of the old flame cliché that they shared. Second, and possibly most important, Emperor Commodus uses her son to control her. Maximus shows such sympathy toward Lucilla because his wife and son was taken from him by Emperor Commodus. He doesn’t want anyone else to share that fate. An Official hero, according to Ray, “were…

Maximus and Commodus are two brothers in Gladiator that have two very different personalities. Maximus is the one who has conquered every challenge and every obstacle in his life, and he is not offered the throne after former leader Marcus Aurelius dies. Commodus is given the throne, and takes absolute power. It is seen that he is more of the jealous and envious brother, because Maximus takes nothing for granted and works for everything. I watched Gladiator and I’ll admit that it is a great…

In the 2000 film Gladiator, Maximus, a Roman general, is betrayed and forced to live as a slave in the arenas as a gladiator, where his strength and courage alone can free him from his imprisonment. With the ultimate goal of enacting revenge on Commodus, the emperor who put his family to death, Maximus proves himself on the battlefield by defeating numerous opponents, many very gruesomely, in the name of vengeance attempting to earn a rudiarius (a sword granted as a sign of freedom to…

The most easily identifiable and regularly experienced emotion, Anger, defines the plot of the movie, Gladiator. However, the emotional journey of Maximus, fueled by anger and revenge, starkly contrasts that of Commodus’ sister, Lucilla. Characterized by her calmness, Lucilla acts justly and honorably despite slights from both her father and her brother. So, what allows Lucilla to remain calm when others find themselves brimming with anger, hatred and the desire for revenge? Initially, Marcus…

Violence has been socially constructed to mean different things in different contexts. The film Gladiator falls under the category of violence as entertainment. Back in the times of the gladiatorial games of the Roman Empire, violence was for the entertainment of the people as well, however, that only scratches the surface of violence’s purpose in the Roman Empire. Society in this time period is inundated with violence, to a much greater extent than today, and it plays many roles. Violence…

The film Gladiator is not true but there are historical events, gladiators, Coliseums, and actual people in which this film was about. The time frame of this movie, which is 180 AD, takes place around the time of the real characters and events. According to David Neelin, the director Ridley Scott and story writer David Franzoni of this film tries to not only show historical history, observation and experience, but to show the characters mental attitude and culture. While the events of what…

Z’Antyler Foster-Hooks Ms.Massey English 3 [Date] The life of a gladiator How was the life of a gladiator the most vicious art of savagery? You would not believe the harsh conditions they had to live in. Just the sport itself was so deadly and insane. I do not know how anyone could play, let alone survive the games. This is the life of a gladiator. Life of a Gladiator - New Recruits The Life of a Gladiator could be strict and harsh, especially for new recruits to the…

Spectacle and thrill were a major component of life in the ancient Roman empire. The gladiatorial games could perhaps be considered the favorite form of entertainment among Romans at the time. The gladiators themselves came from a variety of different walks of life. Roman spectacle took place in arenas, and they occurred in a great deal of forms. The gladiatorial games are often confused with gladiatorial executions; however, the two are in fact quite different. One question that has intrigued…

Mervyn LeRoy’s Quo Vadis? (1951) is a story about a Roman leader, Marcus Vinicius (Robert Taylor), who falls in love with a devout Christian girl, Lygia (Deborah Kerr). If one has seen DeMille’s The Sign of The Cross, the similarity in plot is immediately recognizable. Both are set during the time of Emperor Nero (Peter Ustinov), an emperor who hated and persecuted Christians, dooming them to die in the arena as a grand spectacle for his own amusement. Despite the initial parallels in plot…

Gladiators where entertainment for the Roman Empire. Gladiators lasted about one thousand years. Gladiators were mainly slaves, but freemen could join. The free men that joined were no longer free and were now slaves and had owners. Before becoming a gladiator you had to go to gladiator school. After you completed gladiator school you had to take an oath. When in a gladiator fight the crowd could bet on who’s going to win the fight. The crowd could favor this gladiator for the other and place…