MM Movie Synopsis, Analysis of JCampbelll Monomyth and My Life Story by Leader Maye Gutierrez

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                               Synopsis of Movie Gladiator                                 

 The movie that I chose is Gladiator, a 2000 epic historical drama directed by Ridley Scott.   Gladiator was a box office success and won multiple awards at the Academy for Best Picture and Best Actor.  The hero in the movie travels through 12 stages, much like Joseph Palmer's book  "The Hero with a Thousand faces."

·         The Hero is introduced in his ordinary world

       "All for the glory of Rome."

The Hero in the movie, Gladiator, is the Hispano-Roman General Maximus Decimus Meridius.  His ORDINARY WORLD is the battlefield where he led the Roman army to its decisive victory from the Germanic tribes. He is loved and admired for his virtues of morality, fortitude, courage, loyalty and most of all, for his devotion to his wife and son.  He earned the favor of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius and was appointed as his successor instead of the usual tradition of passing the crown to his son, Commodus, who was considered a failure in leading Rome.