Gladiators

words mean more than how they are used in daily life. A funny t-shirt doesn’t truly bring awe to the viewer just as the story about a big yellow bird finding objects that start with the letter “o” doesn’t qualify as legendary. Maximus from the movie Gladiator died a truly epic death; after a life of torment, and fighting for his cause, he defeated those who brought injustice to his people. He wouldn’t be considered a hero if he had dropped his weapons and surrendered the first time he stood in…

left side of that wall. That doorway leads to a room with two rows of seating and a huge space in the middle where prisoners would fight. This is similar to the Coliseum in Rome, Italy where people of the city, rich and poor, would gather to watch gladiators fight for their lives. Speaking of prisoners, there is a gate that separates the arena from a cold, damp room that prisoners are kept in the dungeon. The dungeon will contain five cells and every day, when the prisoners are let out of their…

In 1965 George Steven (American Hollywood director) delivered a heroic movie named The Greatest Story Ever Told. It is a retelling of the account of Jesus Christ, from the Birth through the Resurrection. Moreover, the particular movie is famous for its talented cast, and this is the last film of the Claude Rains. The cast of that particular film is famous for their dramas but not much popular for the English films. This is a 2-hour film and not gain much success in the start When this movie was…

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Reflection Paper 2: Worse Than Slavery I thought that after a while that history couldn’t shock me anymore. It’s bursting of many disturbing stories, hypocritical beliefs and actions and simple bloodthirsty ignorance. I was wrong, history is full of ironic situations, beliefs and actions that shocked me. The Book: Worse than slavery, is a book that contents don’t skirt around issues and is chock full irony that can be amusing and some that is just plain sickening. In the Book, I found Irony in…

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While it is easy to criticize the new medium of film for lack of substance—Aichele and Walsh wrote that “one does not expect especially valuable insights from [film]—it is clear that audiences can learn from the morals and values taught in biblical movies CITATION (Screening Scripture p.viii). Parallel narrative techniques used by biblical filmmakers represent an excellent example of a novel format through which religious teachings could be conveyed to mass audiences; through direct, immersive…

Throughout the Ancient Olympic games, religion played an extremely influential role, and impended its development over time. Depictions of the Greek gods and goddesses are seen across a large amount of found artefacts created in the Ancient Olympic era. These depictions also clearly display the development throughout history of religion and beliefs in association with the games. The importance of the religious festival was high on the society, and was displayed across their currency around this…

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This where we find the fact that Calpurnius is not and will not be a heavy supporter of the gladiator games. Although, Antipas is very pleased to hear that Luke will attend the games. The reason Calpurnius cannot attend the games is because he had a recent passing of a family member. This is only the first two collections of letters between the noblemen…