Gladiator is based solely on one man, General Maximus Decimus Meridius. He seeks revenge when his wife and children are brutally murdered and the emperor whom he loves and looks up to like his father is killed by a jealous and power-greedy son who unlike Maximus does not share the same faith and love for Rome as his father.
Commodus and Maximus, as one would normally expect, are greatest enemies, and it is Commodus' dream to get rid of Maximus and control Rome to his pleasure. It is Maximus' role, therefore, to take avenge the lives of his loved ones and defy the emperor, fulfil the promise he made to Emperor Marcus Aurelius and save Rome before it is too late.
My speech today is to talk about the conflict that has erupted from the movie "Gladiator". The largest conflict in Gladiator is with the characters Maximus Decimus Meridius and Commodus Aurelius. .
For Commodus, a very deep hatred for Maximus and his father was formed. His father Marcus Aurelius was planning to give the throne to Maximus and not his son. This is where the hatred was build up in Commodus. After Marcus finished speaking with Maximus about the position of being the new emperor, Commodus jumped in. He explained to Commodus how he couldn't be Emperor. When Commodus heard what he had to say, his face was full with anger. Pretending to huge the emperor good bye, he squeezed the life out of him! Literally! That shows one of Commodus's conflicts. The other one is the deal with Maximus, he is jealous of him because Marcus wanted Maximus to be emperor and not himself, so he sent his men to slaughter him, which came out as a failure.
Maximus and other slaves are trained to fight as a Gladiators. ... The money is another reason that some men became gladiators. ... The gladiators also held a lot of sex appeal to the ladies watching. ... There were even women that became gladiators. ... Gladiators got the same treatment. ...
Gladiator Essay The movie Gladiator is a story about the Roman Empire back in 160 A.D. ... He was sold to Proximo to fight as a gladiator. ... He was not Spanish and he was never a gladiator. ... Back in the Roman empire gladiators were real. ... This was true in both the Gladiator movie and Roman history. ...
Would it be ironic for Romans to adopt the gladiatorial games? ... Gladiatorial battles gave each gladiator a chance to live whereas in a direct human sacrifice the human did not even have a chance to live. ... Romans warmly accepted gladiatorial contests in antiquity. ... Sea battles, animal hunts, women gladiators, and fighting emperors all contributed to new enhancements associated with gladiatorial combats. ... Gladiatorial combats were held for several nonpolitical reasons. ...
That is the sign for the net man to kill the other gladiator. ... With the coming of Christianity, gladiatorial show began to fall into disfavor. ... It shows that there is a good relationship between Maximus and other gladiators. ... After he becomes a gladiator, he establishes a good relationship with other gladiators. ... He sees the difference between soldiers and gladiators. ...
The essence of the bloodthirsty entertainment was in the form of the gladiator. The word gladiator comes from the Latin for swordsman, from gladius or sword. ... The sons of Junius Brutus first displayed gladiatorial combat when they honored their father at his funeral by matching three pairs of gladiators. ... Gladiatorial combat was so important to ancient Romans that they had gladiator schools to train men to be machines of slaughter for the scheduled entertainment (Johnston 287). ... The gladiators would be forced to fight the wild beasts unarmed. ...
Paper 2: "Gladiator- Evaluation The film Gladiator, by Ridley Scott is a blockbuster hit for more reasons than one. ... However, in my opinion, Gladiator was a very successful film that kept me on the edge of my seat. ... Maximus is then sold to gladiator-turned-impresario Proximo and forced to fight as a gladiator. ... Maximus then returns to Rome as a gladiator with the vile intentions of seeking revenge. ... I would argue that Gladiator is an exciting film to watch. ...
Determine if the movie "Gladiator" succeeded in depicting Roman and things Roman. "Gladiator" (DreamWorks) is arguably eh greatest movie depicting most precisely Rome and things Roman. ... Also, "Gladiator" reflected some other cultural features of the Roman world in greeting, talking, and in costumes. The best part of the movie about Roman culture was about the gladiators. ... Another fact of the Roman Empire that "Gladiator" portrayed spectacularly was their military. ...
Once a gladiator you will have to take the gladiatorial oath. ... Why would a free citizen want to become a gladiator? ... Once a gladiator, you"ll be designated as a certain type of gladiators. ... Once the games begin, you will fight another gladiator. ... A Rudiarii is a freed gladiator. ...
The Gladiators followed instructions, which was to live and die in honor. The word gladiator is a divertive from the Latin word, gladius; which means sword. ... The gladiator slaves were owned and trained by a person called a lanista. ... For the gladiator, life was terrible. ... Because they were gladiators, they could never be Roman citizens. ...
The gladiatorial games of ancient Rome were a fascinating part of the Roman culture. ... Most gladiators did not willingly go to these schools, as they were slaves sold into a familia gladitoria, the Latin name for a troupe of gladiators. ... Commodus in particular enjoyed participating in gladiatorial shows. ... The gladiators were considered celebrities. ... According to Alan Baker, in his book on Roman gladiators: The gladiators themselves were the superstars of their day, lusted after by both women and men. ...