Character Analysis
(Avoiding Spoilers)
Overview... son of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Commodus hopes to inherit the entire empire, but his father might have someone else in mind, namely the heroic General Maximus Decimus Meridius. Commodus will take matters into his own hands, if he must, and claim the empire as his own.
Personality… jealous, dishonorable, and domestic. Despite his aversion to the battlefield, Commodus argues that “there are many forms of courage.” He wants the love and admiration of his father more than anything, and if he can’t have it, then no one can.
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Gladiator is an epic film of love, death, and betrayal set in the Roman Empire. General Maximus' success in battle earns the favour of an elderly Emperor at the expense of the Emperor's son. In a fit of jealous rage the son slays his father before turning his anger towards Maximus. Now reduced to a slave, his family dead, Maximus must fight as a gladiator to gain his freedom, and his revenge.
