How does the director, Ridley Scott, make the audience aware that Maximus is the hero of the film and the Romans are the superior force? Refer to the opening (the battle) in your answer.

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How does the director, Ridley Scott, make the audience aware that Maximus is the hero of the film and the Romans are the superior force? Refer to the opening (the battle) in your answer.

Loyalty to the emperor doesn't benefit Maximus as this becomes the cause of his family's death. Murdering his own father Marcus Aurelius; Commodus becomes the new emperor ordering Maximus and his family to death. Escaping the clutches of the past and his death, Maximus ends up as a slave. Destiny brings Maximus back to Rome to Commodus where the slave is entitled 'Gladiator'. Seeking revenge from his past he faces Commodus in a brutal and violent battle.

The very first shot of 'Gladiator' shows a hand swiftly touching maize in a warm inviting place this sort of suggests that someone has pride over their crops and wants to show them off. As soon as the first shot finishes, all of a sudden Maximus's face is shown looking depressed in a cold, uninviting place. The opening of the film is about the war in Germania between the Barbarians and the Romans. Fighting an endless battle the Romans win after much blood has been shed. The