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Machiavelli, Hobbes and Ridley Scott's "Gladiator"
Film Review # 42667
Machiavelli, Hobbes and Ridley Scott's "Gladiator"
An analysis of the representation of power and its abuse according to Machiavelli and Hobbes as seen in the world of Ridley Scott's "Gladiator".
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This paper will examine the political philosophies of Machiavelli and Hobbes in application to the question of the use and abuse of power in "Gladiator". It will be seen that Machiavelli and Hobbes would agree that the insane villain, Emperor Commodus, was actually an insightful political leader. While the movie collapses the distinction between the personal and the political - with the whining, incestuous Commodus contrasted unfavourably with the "family values" of Maximus - neither Machiavelli nor Hobbes considered personal morality of any significance in the arena of political life.More papers on Machiavelli, Hobbes and Ridley Scott's "Gladiator":
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Machiavelli, Hobbes and Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 14, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Film-Review-Machiavelli-Hobbes-and-Ridley-Scott's-Gladiator/42667
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"Machiavelli, Hobbes and Ridley Scott's "Gladiator"" 15 January 2012. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Film-Review-Machiavelli-Hobbes-and-Ridley-Scott's-Gladiator/42667>
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