For this week I am going to discuss how the movie 300 relates to the course material, in the form of brutality towards slaves. In the movie Xerxes was the ruler of the Persian empire who was trying to conquer the world. Xerxes had many "followers" who were whipped, beaten, tortured, even killed when they did not please Xerxes. His "followers" were portrayed in chains and tattered clothing all of which had facial expressions of distinct anquish. This relates directly to the material where the landowners would make conditions so hard on their slaves they would always have a look of distain on their face, only to break it in sarcasm when the salves started to sing to keep their moral from completely breaking. I selected this particular movie because when one thinks about the movie 300, they normally think about Larinitis and his brave men, but no one really thinks about the slaves Xerxes tortured and beat, just like the slaves of early America.
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