The fictional story of Gladiator is simplicity itself. General Maximus (Russell Crowe) fights in the wilds of Germania with the dying Emperor Marcus Aurelius‚ is promised the throne with the mission of returning Rome to “The Republic.” Before he can finalize his anguished deliberations‚ Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix)‚ Marcus’ son‚ sends his father out and claims the throne. Maximus is sentenced to death as a possible opponent‚ and is taken to the Black Forest for a messy death. His wife and child are
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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Critical Lens Option: “…the greater the difficulty‚ the greater the glory.” Cicero‚ Ethical Writings of Cicero‚ 1887 (June 2013 Regents) “Whosoever does wrong‚ wrongs himself...” Marcus Aurelius‚ The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Antoninus‚ 1944 (January 2010 Regents) “Although the world is full of suffering‚ it is full also of overcoming it.” Helen Keller‚ Optimism‚ 1903 (January 2011 Regents) “…the strongest man upon earth is he who stands
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’s struggle against decadence in his society and to restore it to the disciplined one that it had been‚ a man who was driven not by outlandish ideals‚ but by down-to-earth loyalties and affections. The plot of this film is relatively simple. Marcus Aurelius‚ empreror of Rome at the time‚ asks Maximus‚ his favorite general‚ to become emperor after his death and eventually
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As an army general in the Roman Empire‚ he is dedicated to carrying out his duties as instructed by his Cesar. He looks up to his Cesar and Roman Empire with a lot of respect and believes that everything he does is for a cause. He is chosen by Marcus Aurelius as the worthy successor of Rome but the situation soon changes when Commodus kills the Emperor‚ orders the killing of Maximus and gets his family murdered. A wounded and forlorn Maximus is soon captured by nomads and sold as a Slave to fight in
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With their philosophical roots grounded in ancient Greece‚ Stoicism and Epicureanism had contrary yet significant impacts on Roman society. These two philosophies differed in many of their basic theories. Stoics attempted to reach a moral level where they had freedom from passion‚ while Epicureans strove for pleasure and avoided all types of pain. Stoics like the Epicureans‚ emphasized ethics as the main field of knowledge‚ but they also developed theories of logic and natural science to support
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Rudolph A. Marcus MCH3U Nov 5‚ 2009 Rudolph A. Marcus Biography “Rudolph Arthur Marcus‚ the only son of Myer and Esther Cohen Marcus‚ was born on July 21‚ 1923” in Ormstown‚ a town located near Montreal (Rudolph A. Marcus Biography). Rudolph and his family lived in Ormstown until he was three years old and then moved to Detroit shortly after his mother had a miscarriage (Shirley K. Cohen Dec 1‚ 4‚ 7‚ 1993) His family lived in Detroit‚ where they had relatives‚ until
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ever had‚ and when everything is taken from him‚ he still manages to die as one of Rome’s most respected and honorable men. THE CALL: Maximus’ journey starts when the dieing Emperor‚ Marcus Aurelius‚ asks him to be Rome’s new emperor when he passes. He does not feel that his son‚ Commodus is fit to rule. When Marcus tells the news to Commodus‚ Commodus is outraged and suffocates his father while hugging him. Since the Emperor had not announced his wishes for Maximus to take the throne publicly‚ the
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now his stepfather‚ as the murderer married his mother and King Hamlets’ wife named Claudius. Gladiator is a 2000 historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott where a loyal Roman general named Maximus Decimus Meridius is betrayed when the Emperor Marcus Aurellus’s son‚ Commodus murdered his father and seizes the throne. Between this play and the movie‚ they are quite similar within the character yet‚ there are differences as the character of the play and the movie‚ in terms of both dramas‚ various
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rule of the Caesar’s. In the year 180 AD‚ General Maximus Decimus Meridius (played by Russell Crowe) leads his soldiers to victory against Germanic barbarians‚ thus ending a prolonged war. Maximus is loved by the people and the dying Emperor‚ Marcus Aurelius (played by Richard Harris). The emperor approaches Maximus privately‚ telling him that Rome should no longer have an emperor‚ but instead be a republic with the Senate running it. He also thinks his son‚ Commodus‚ is not capable of leading Rome
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Through this point of view‚ a person can overcome limited perspective of the individual and experience the world from a cosmic perspective. Marcus frequently mentions the idea of a cosmic order that forms a framework for living an ethical life (Aurelius‚ xviii). Marcus states‚ “You have the power to strip away many superfluous troubles located wholly in your judgement‚ and to possess a large room for yourself embracing in thought the whole cosmos‚ to consider everlasting time‚ to think of the rapid
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