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Classical World on Film – “Leadership on Screen” essay - 300 The movie that I chose to analyze for leadership was 300 (Zack Snyder, 2006). There are many characters in the movie that express leadership qualities. The one that stood out to me was Leonidas. From a historical standpoint, most of the information about Leonidas comes from a single Greek historian. He rose to power in 490 B.C. after his half-brother died in questionable circumstances. He trained from childhood as a hoplite, the same as

The movie 300 is based on the comic book series also known as 300. Both the series and the movies are based upon the Battle of Thermopylae, but neither are very accurate at all. The movie exaggerates events that happened in the real Battle of Thermopylae, and some events that occurred in the movie hadn’t even happened in the real Battle of Thermopylae. Some of the unrealistic parts of the movie may go unnoticed because they are very small, but some things should most definitely be questioned; why

300 Jonathan Hewitt ENG 225 Cicely Denean-Cobb October 2, 2012 The film I have chosen to do my critique on is Zack Snyder’s 300. 300 is a film about King Leonidas, the King of Sparta, and his 300 Spartan warriors who all stood up against the God-king Xerxes and his massive Persian army from annihilation. After watching the film very closely for my critique I believe there is a serious underlying theme that everyone has the right to be free and sometimes you have to stand up and make sacrifices

Informative Speech Ms. Vorak Speech Class Jason Teed 07/14/15 Hello, I’m Jason. Please view the following video clip. (Play 300 video clip). Many of you probably have seen the movie that this clip is from, 300. If not, though, it is about the Spartans famous stand against the Persian army with 300 Spartan soldiers. They held this position in a narrow pass for three days. The Persian army was estimated to have as many as 100,000 soldiers. This speech is about the Peloponessian War, Greeks

time for Thebes, they have just own the battle of Leuctra that have just defeated the Spartan army. I don't think they know what they just acomplest! Out number both in calvary and infinity they were able to crush the Spartan forces only suffering 300, casualties with the Spartans sustained over 4,000! Can I just say that this the powerful spartan army the own that lives and breath war! After talking to some of the citizens this is how they pulled it off. During the Peloponnesian war Thebes allied

Thermopylae. There may be some people who have never heard about it before, but it was the kind of battle that people made movies out of. The movie 300 was made in 2006 and is a retelling of this famous battle during the Persian Wars in 479 BC. This battle is of important significance due to the intensity of the battle itself and the outcome. This is the battle where 300 Spartans were lead into battle by King Leonidas of Sparta. When watching the movie and having background knowledge of the battle itself and

300). The narrator speaks of how Spartan men are raised like brutes and are “hard warriors” (Zack Snyder. 300). This particular phrase is important to the story because it reflects the gender role of men during that time period. King Leonidas can also be classified as the family man stereotype. Throughout the film he trains his young son for battle. He plays the role of protector not only for his individual family, but also for Sparta. In the movie 300, King Leonidas represents

War films like 300 (2006) maintain and amplify the stereotypical roles of males and females, where males are portrayed as the ones who have to serve as defender of all. The film industry mainly classified the conventional gender roles of society into their movies; majority of films have supported some of the male and female stereotypes. In the history of the film industry, the role of men is primarily the stereotypical working class man or hero, while the roles of women are primarily portrayed as

them to become a soldier dedicated to Sparta. A soldier is the chosen job for many Spartan males, which proves that militarism has a major effect on how a Spartan lives. Moreover, during the Battle of Thermopylae against the Persian army, a group of 300 Spartans was guarding a passage to allow the bulk of the army to retreat. During this defensive position, each Spartan soldier was able to take down 15 Persians before he falls. Spartan’s militarism affects how much damage Spartans were able to do

The film 300 by Zack Snyder is an enticing piece of cinematic work that was produced in Hollywood in the year 2006. This production evokes a negative view towards the Persian civilization and idealizes the Spartans over other Greeks in a respect that is opposite to Herodotus’ historical opinion. Even though, this film is supposed to be based on the historical events that took place at Thermopylae, it is in fact filled with many misconceptions and falsehoods about the true facts that happened at that