Historical Accuracy Of The Movie Troy

Have you ever seen “The Patriot”? If you have do you know the truth behind it because some parts really happened and some parts didn’t. Meaning that “The Patriot” is somewhat historically accurate. The Patriot is somewhat historically accurate because the main character Benjamin Martin was not a real person he was based on Francis Marion, the Battle of Cowpens was exactly the same because the colonist had extra help to fight off the British, and the surrender of Colonel Cornwallis was somewhat alike because his army could not get around the French and the colonist in history and in the movie. So “The Patriot” has many differences and similarities to history.

The movie The Patriot is a good movie but how accurate is it. My paper is going to be about how historically accurate The Patriot is. I Think it is somewhat accurate because The movie portrays Benjamin Martin incorrectly, but the battle of Cowpens and surrender of colonel tavington is correct. In the movie Benjamin Martin is portrayed incorrectly.

My opinion may be different than yours but here it is . Overall in the movie , scenes / events did occur that similarly happened in history and on the other hand other events were not historically accurate. If you didn’t know already the movie the Patriot is based on a character Benjamin Martin who is an unassuming man who is forced to join the American revolutionary war after his son Thomas is killed. Benjamin was tasked with keeping the Lord Cornwallis's regiments pinned south through guerilla warfare.

The Iliad, written by Homer, plays an adequate role in determining the events of Troy. Although there is a five-century separation between the fighting of the Trojan War in 1250 BC and the composition of the Iliad in 750 BC, Homer’s legend still remains to be one of the key evidences to this day.

By the 19th century the story of the war was told as mythology, but by the start of the 20th century the story was discovered to be much more historically accurate. “Archaeologists found remains of great citadel that existed on the Western shore of Asia Minor, the traditional location of Troy.” Whether it is legend of fact, they start the same way, a wedding.

One significant difference between the Iliad and Troy is the timespan. The Iliad is not a story of a Trojan war, but a story of a hero’s wrath. The time span it covers is only a few weeks in the tenth year of the siege of Troy. Homer chooses to focus on events that occurred during a quarrel of King Agamemnon, king of Mycenae and brother of Menelaus, and Achilles, the most powerful warrior of the Achaean army. Homer doesn’t go into detail about other events and battles, as the story of the Trojan War was well-known to the Greek society because it has been told and retold by bards for numerous times and the general plot was still fresh in the minds of the Greeks. For his poem to stand out, Homer had to be original, so he didn't tell his audience about the war as a whole, but rather spotlighted the wrath of an individual hero, Achilles. Troy,

Over the thousands of years that the epic story the Iliad has survived, there has no doubt been some form of alteration to Homer’s original. Last May, Wolfgang Petersen directed a movie based on the Iliad. This movie, Troy, has proven to be a very loose adaptation of Homer’s original, as are almost all stories that are made into movies, unfortunately. With its timeless storyline, amazing scenery, gorgeous actors/actresses and most of all, its reported two hundred million dollar budget, it is easy to see why Troy was hyped up to be a box office hit. However, the film critics were harsh on this movie, as they had every right to be, and it ended up being a total flop. Compared to Homer’s Iliad, Troy is rather

This battle also takes place outside the city of Troy, at the beginning of the

The modern-day film Troy that was released in 2004 was directed by Wolfgang Petersen, it was influenced by the epic poem, called The Iliad which was written by the poet Homer. The movie and the poem deal with the same subject, the fall of Troy which ended with the trojans being tricked with a wooden horse. Though the characters are depicted differently in the movie which are shown through the characters actions and thoughts.

Even though the movie was criticized for not staying true to portraying the epic poem, Troy was presented in an interesting way. In the movie, thousands of warriors and ships were shown along with the special effects and graphics which gave the movie an authentic feel. For instance, the Iliad’s fighting and battle scenes are incredibly gruesome such as”Patroclus put his heel; on Sarpedon’s chest and pulled out his spear. ;The lungs came out with it, and Sarpedon’s life.” This image would be close to impossible to display on a movie theater screen unless changing the ratings to NC-17 but the move is rated R. Even without the NC-17 rating, the movie Troy still showed as much gruesome fighting scenes as possible to show the details of how brutal and violent the epic poem is.

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Narratives need to have well-developed characters. As authors and translators do revisions and translations, they often change things in a piece, most often how the plot runs and how the characters act. Greek mythology has a strong idea of what makes a hero as well as certain ideals of honor and war. This essay will be looking at the character changes of Paris of Troy -- his cowardice, unmanliness, and lack of spirit -- through the novel The Iliad, by Homer, and the movie Troy, directed by Wolfgang Petersen.

Wolfgang Peterson tackles the job of bringing the epic of Homer's The Iliad to the big screen in his film Troy. Iliad being a lengthy text, it is impossible to include every detail in a movie. Therefore, there are obvious deviations from the book such as the length of the Trojan War, and the absence of celestial participation in the war. There is also an absence of mortal female characters such as Chryseis, Hecuba, and Cassandra in the movie. In contrast, though, the female characters who are included in the film are developed more elaborately than they are in the book.

The Trojan War is described as one of histories most legendary battles. This battle is told to have lasted ten years, resulting in the eventual collapse of Troy, under the siege of Greek forces. Modern knowledge of the Trojan War has survived mainly through the account given in Homer’s Illiad, and while having proved to be a rich source of inspiration for other writers, artists, and even filmmakers in recent history, much speculation still exists surrounding his account. I will analyze modern interpretations of the Trojan War and examine both speculation and support for Homer’s account. Concluding with sufficient evidence that has been collected surrounding this epic battle, proving Homer’s account of a massive battle between these two powerful city states to not be just a tale of myth and legend, but actual history.

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