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Alexander The Great Accuracy

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In contrast, the film Alexander (2004) and Western Civilization, Volume I to 1715 (Spielvogel) shows the true flaws in the film that it totally perceives a naked eye to a viewer. The movie misses the mark on complete accuracy with the real rich ancient history that surrounds the man of Alexander the Great. While, watching the film they make it to believe to show like it’s a fictional style documentary about this ancient world. They do this by using timelines, going back and through history, and having the entire film almost being narrated by Ptolemy. It easily misleads the viewer and can contain an incorrect way to show the world of one the most influential leaders of all time Alexander the Great, This movie misses the accuracy of true events, how the enemies of Alexander the Great …show more content…

To begin, a major impact on how inaccurate this film portrays Alexander the Great with conjunction to real history is that Alexander always seems to be perceived week. This is shown in the movie on numerous moments. One, of them every that seemed to be present in the film was every time Alexander the Great made a decision he always seemed to be depressed and could not settle with his decisions. For example, when his troops were giving up in the film and did not want to explore India no longer. He seemed to always be upset with these emotions in that he always needed advice from Bagos and Hephaestion. It turned so bad in the film they depicted Alexander the Great crying in the tent and did not want to see anybody because he couldn’t make up his mind about India or concede to that fact he killed Cleitus. Another failure, they use in the film to portray Alexander the Great in regards that he wants and has a huge desire for glory. In Western Civilization, Volume I to 1715, it states “The character of Alexander is never developed in depth. He is shown as a weak character who is plagued by doubts over his own decisions and often seems obsessed

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