Write a 6 pages paper on thermopylae. In seeking to understand, the following analysis will be concentric upon discussing the key differences and similarities that are extant between the true Battle of Thermopylae and Frank Miller’s recent film 300.

The first aspect which should be understood is with regards to the sociopolitical realities of the era. Preceding the time that the battle of Thermopylae took place, the Greek city-states had begun to develop and represent an early vestige of Democratic choice. Although these city-states were far from exhibiting democracy to its rightful and determinate end, the representation of current democracy within the world most certainly traces its origins and roots back to the early Greeks and the manner through which administration, decisions, and affairs of state were conducted through a semblance of early Democratic choice. Although all of this took place decades and centuries before the rights of man and a firm delineation of the relationship between the citizen and the state was understood, it nonetheless engendered a type of shared sacrifice and consent of the governed.

This choice was rather accurately displayed by Frank Miller’s film in that it underscored the esteemed role that women played within the society and the means by which early democracy and elected members of society could have with respect to the way in which decisions were made. Further, the film also accurately represents the near totalitarian nature that the Persians exhibited with respect to administration and obedience to command. By means of comparison, the Persian Empire was administered by a total and complete monarch/dictator (Rashba 77). It should not be understood that even though this level of autocracy within Persia was clearly demonstrated that Xerxes or any of his predecessors were invariably predisposed to acts of savagery or cruelty.

Although it is obviously the case that different leaders react in different ways to the absolute power that is granted them, historians mostly agree upon the fact that Xerxes was, at least by the standards of the times, fair and reasonable to the subjects that he Incorporated into the Persian Empire.&nbsp.