Jared Doerr 11/17/14 Arguments and Reasoning Gladiator Events: Sport or Not? Are gladiator events of ancient Rome sport? Gladiator events were most certainly a violent form of entertainment and because of the violence I would think we would naturally feel that it is not a sport; however‚ before we can clarify whether or not gladiator events are sport‚ we first have to define what a “sport” is considered to be. I have broken down “sport” to contain three elements: some aspect of competiveness (a desire
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I enjoy watching. Mixed martial arts‚ this sport has become increasingly popular and it is not slowing down. The sport has roots back to ancient Greek and Roman times dating back to 776 B.C. Mixed martial arts or MMA is very similar to the Roman gladiators of the past‚ with the two combatants entering and fighting for victory. In the past mixed martial arts was called Pankrations‚ in Greek this means “All Powers”. Mythology stipulates that Hercules and/or Theseus created this style of fighting.
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sports known to man. The Roman sport of choice was the gladiators. In the ruthless game‚ prisoners and volunteers alike were pitted against each other and wild animals in a fight that often ended in death. Although gladiators do not show many similarities to modern football‚ the two are actually closer than they appear. Gladiators and football players both consume specialized diets in order to perform. As with many athletes today‚ gladiators ate high energy meals and drank “sports drinks” (Coleman
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How does Russel establish the characters of Rita? In the play “Educating Rita”‚ Rita is one of the main character along with Frank. She is described as a twenty-six years old women that works as an hairdresser. “ y’ know if I’m in the hairdresser’s – that’s where I work-“. Russel since from the beginning of the play lets the audience know that Rita is situated in the working class as she works in the hairdresser. This can also be understood by the way she introduced herself to Frank in scene
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What are Tragic Heroes? What makes true hero? Where can we find a true hero? Well‚ a hero can be classified in many ways. A true hero puts himself before others‚ is a selfless person and can make the right decision even when he wants to do something that will benefit him/herself. They are classified to be someone morally good‚ they are a person who can stare evil in the face and instead of saying “why me?” they say “Try me”. Now‚ where can we find an example of a hero to today’s standards. Well in
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Vegetarian Athletes Strength‚ endurance‚ hardcore training and deadly fighting skills the Roman Gladiator conjures up images of astonishing demigods. Would you be shocked to find out that it’s possible that Roman Gladiators were vegetarian athletes? (Fornaris & Aubert 1998) Athletes are considered to be the best of the best in their given sport. They dedicate countless hours to the pursuit of one goal and many base their entire lifestyle around that pursuit. However‚ a small group of high level
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Comparing Real Vs. Movie Commodus In the movie “Gladiator”‚ Emperor Commodus is portrayed as an unstable and neurotic sadist who killed his own father for the throne of the Roman Empire. Real history has no solid proof that Commodus‚ while unstable‚ killed his father Marcus Aurelius. He was actually made co-emperor at the age of 5 (Heritage). However‚ the sexual relations he had with his sibling is in fact true‚ but it was not with the sister Lucilla as shown in the movie‚ but rather with another
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that end in bloodshed. This is through injuring and killing of both the human and animal participants in order to please the spectators of the sport‚ honour and remember the dead‚ and also to punish law breakers. According to David .S. Potter in Gladiators and Blood sports in ancient Rome‚ gladiatorial combat and beast hunting were commonplace activities that occurred under the permission and supervision of the ruling emperors and they took place in arenas with public viewing. Blood sports in ancient
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Cooper Knapp Mrs. Sara AP Language Summer 2014 “Human relationships always help us to carry on because they always presuppose further developments‚ a future - and also because we live as if our only task was precisely to have relationships with other people.” -Albert Camus Community is a web of relationships between humans who share common interests and characteristics. Albert Camus explains how‚ as humans‚ we live to be a part of one another and to share responsibilities. Although‚ there are
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think of when a person says “evolution”? Charles Darwin probably came into your mind first‚ didn’t he? Surprisingly‚ Darwin is not the only evolutionary theorist‚ as there are two others with similarly different ideas. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck‚ Alfred Russel Wallace‚ and Charles Darwin all investigated this field of science. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was the first to have extended theories of evolution. In 1794‚ Lamarck started working in the natural history museum‚ Jardin des Plantes‚ and was in charge
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