Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Format of the Presentation

We plan on doing a Power Point presentation to display the following ideas. Our opening question will discuss the relevancy of Roman Spectacle with focusing on the aspect of distracting people with nationalism and how that compares with current times. Then our focus goes:
  • Social and political fuel including the Pax Romana
  • The mechanics of how the Romans pulled off the spectacle 
  • Focusing on playwrights Platus and Senecca as well as the Bread and Circus types of performances
After that we'll end off with any of these factors contributing to the fall of Rome and tying it back to us asking if our great nation is the next to fall. 

-Monica
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  1. Will DaddarioNovember 12, 2013 at 5:24 AM

    Hi Group,
    While it looks like you have narrowed the scope more specifically (and your grade will increase for that), you have veered into the world of Roman Theatre, which is distinct from Roman Spectacle. What do scholars means when they say "spectacle" as opposed to "theatre." Some of Seneca's plays may have contained some spectacular elements, but we don't even know if they were ever staged. By contrast, Romans had the Circus Maximus (chariot races) and the Coliseum (naval battles) where they held performances on a grand scale. You'll need to think about these things before you go any further. I'll email you a chapter that I'd like you to read.

    GRADE: 85%

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