OUTLINE
- I. Introduction -Mayan cilivization
- A. The mayans had the highly advenced writing system and an advanced calendar, astronomy , architecture ,arts, mathematics. But Mel Gibson chose to highlight sacrifices and extreme violence and demonstraded a negative view about the mayans.
- Thesis statement:In the movie apocalypto Mel Gibson is misrepresenting the mayan culture and demonstrates many inaccurate historical facts about the Mayans cilivization. Mel Gibson demonstated a cilivization engaged in extreme sacrifical ceremonies a civilization seen as a bloodthirsty and extremely violent.I will be describing the reactions of the movie to latin americans community and the reation and critics in the United States about the movie Apocalypto.
- II. What were the inaccurate historial facts about the Mayans in Apocalytpo.
- A.inaccurate in understanting the vIolence in the mayan culture
- B. Mass sacrifices of the mayan cilivization
- 1. The depiction in the maya sacrifices had various forms of sactifices were practiced ans they were violent but many archeologists have been unable to find any mass numbers of sactifices.
C. The Mayan Art of Warfare were inaccutate about the Mayans.
- 1. Scholars who study the art of warfare that mesoamerican societies like the Mayas followed a strict set of rules of war.Thier warrior soicieties did set out to find captives,yet the honor of the warrior was experience in confronting another warrior on an individual basis and having him submit to his strength and valor not as Gison potrays in raiding villages or burning houses ,killing. rapping women etc.
III.Reactions of the movie negative or possitve
A. Critics in the United States about the movie Apocalypto.
B. Critics in latin America about apocalypto
1. Spanish news papers and journals wiritten about the movie Apocalypto
C. Cristcs Historians,archareologist
1. How accurate was the movie protraying the mayan culture.
2. Was their exageration according to historians and archareologist
IIII. Conclusion
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