On the Movie Gladiator...
Up until things fell apart, Maximus Decimus Meridius was the highest ranking general in the Roman army. He won one decisive victory after another while expanding the empire. Then in a few short days, he was stripped of his title, his family was brutally murdered, and he was sold into slavery far away from anything and everything he’d ever loved.
Imagine if at this point in the movie, Maximus turned to his fellow slaves and spent the last hour of the movie complaining about his bad luck: “I don’t deserve this, I’m not supposed to be here,” or “If only things were different, my life would be better,” or “why do they get to be free and I have to fight for my life?” Or even worse, what if he just sat there and started crying?
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