Today we'll watch The Hunger Games as a bit of a preview of content we'll address in ELA and SS next semester.
Check out the categories below, then post a comment explaining connections between aspects of classical civilization and elements of the film. You must make at least 3 connections. Be sure to proofread
Allusion - reference in a literary or artistic work to another work or to a historical event or person
- Panem et Circenses
- bread and circuses
- Cinna
- Senator involved in the plot to assassinate Julius Caesar
- Poet killed after Caesar’s death - he was mistaken for the politician
- Roman Name References
- Cato, Portia, Octavia, Flavia
- Roman Class Structure
- Dress indicative of class
- Patronage
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