Gladiator

What do you think makes a tragic hero? According to “an old dead Greek dude”, otherwise known as Aristotle, the very same who created the guidelines of what would qualify as “a good body of text”, a tragic hero is noble or wise, has a fatal flaw, a reversal of fortune, a realization that their fatal flaw is what caused their misfortune, and a greater fate than they deserved. I personally completely agree with Aristotle’s ideas of a tragic hero. They need to be noble or wise so the audience can…

of person in Rome was a gladiator, gladiators didn’t get much respect at all. Gladiators had no rights they were slaves put into fights to be entertainment to the people of Rome. If a gladiator was injured or fell the crowd would decide his fate. By decide his fate they meant let him go or kill him, the crowd would raise their thumbs, meaning to let him go but if the thumb of the crowds were down or horizontally, it meant to kill him. But there was one for the gladiators…

Roman warriors had to be strong since they were constantly at war, Gladiators had to be strong to stay alive and normal citizens had to be strong to perform their jobs. Strength was so important that the emperors were typically weight trained and led by example. The Roman historian Suetonius stated that Emperor Tiberius…

however, after war subsided, they received this pleasure in the form of violence and conquest, including gory gladiator fights. It’s evident that people getting killed in the arena excited them because they celebrated people who won victories. However, it could be that Rome directed these matches in an attempt to keep the peace among its people. What if the purpose of the gladiator fights was to unite the Romans together to uphold societal rules? Instead of picturing the ancient…

Roman Gladiators The gladiator games first started as a sacrifice of blood to the dead. At first gladiators would fight to honor the dead by giving their blood in the Colosseum. This was traditionally only done for funerary offerings such as for aristocratic men who have past away. The games were not present at this time. Junius Brutus started the games to honor his father by matching three pair gladiators warriors to fight. Since then the games were held for entertainment. The gladiators would…

Ridley Scott’s Gladiator. But why bother winning over the masses in an empire, where one man rules? Ridley Scott’s Gladiator shows the struggle for power between the will of the emperor and the will of the people he rules. First, one of the main political conflicts of the movie was whether to disband the senate or to give the power back to it. The senate was seen as a people’s tool for governing even after the fall of the Republic. It’s best explained by Gracchus before one of the gladiator…

With their gruesome violence and intriguing characters Game of Thrones and Gladiator take readers and viewers on a rollercoaster of emotions. Aside from the obvious incest showcased in their storylines, they both share a common theme of “power prevails over sanity” through the elaborate use of setting, characters, and vengeance. Both pieces of work convey the theme, however they both utilize different types of perspectives and ideas to do so. The setting of a book or movie provides and…

combat frequently, Rome provided a lot war and violence to its citizens. In times of peace, however, Rome needed something to uphold this militaristic society: Gladiators…

incredible experience. Organization Overview The Quicken Loans Arena, originally known as "The Q", is a multi-purpose arena downtown in Cleveland, Ohio, The building is the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Lake Erie Monsters, and the Cleveland Gladiators Football League. The Quicken Loans Arena seats about 20,562 individuals in the arena and up to 20,056 for the ice hockey, making it the third…

I think both films portrays Rome and the Romans in a negative light; however, Gladiator showcases a revolt undertaking the corruption of Rome. Most notably, the film situates the blame almost entirely on the antagonist, Commodus. Although Messallah is portrayed as an evil dictator as well... Judah points out that his mission does not end with Messala's death. He cannot just forget and move on. Messala was not the problem, Rome was and it corrupted him into being the tyrant he came to be. "Give…