Bringing Literature To Life--Through Violence! [Tuesday, Second Period]

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"Glad to see you all survived Parent's Weekend," Cindy said. "Considering how stressful dealing with family and friends can be, I've decided to let you guys have an easy week this week."

You all know what that meant, right? Movie day! Complete with coffee, small bowls of buttery popcorn, and those fun little shakers of popcorn flavourings.

"The Battle of Thermopylae is a historical battle, though most of what we know about it comes from the account written by Herodotus. Today, we'll be watching a movie that was more 'inspired by' the legend than actually based upon it. More than anything else, I'd like you to pay attention to the scene in which the last 300 take a stand against the invading army."

Sitting back at her own desk, Cindy grabbed a bowl of popcorn and hit play.

[So many apologies for the lateness! I crashed like a crashing thing! Final link goes to Youtube, so both sound & video]

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Re: Watch the movie

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. . . Gabrielle did not have positive experiences with the Persian army. Possibly that had something to do with having a Persian spy win her sympathy by pretending to be a wounded Spartan, then stabbing her with a poisoned dagger so she nearly died in an out-of-the-way barn that ended up besieged by his fellows, and it was just lucky for them that it had been stockpiled with an inexplicably large and convenient number of weapons, hadn't it?

She tried not to hold that against the movie, though; in fact, she got fairly into the movie, even though it gave her a headache.

"Wait a second . . . weren't we defending that pass?" she muttered under her breath. "And it was three hundred Persians against us . . ."

Very Special Greece, people. Sigh.