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Biblical Influences In Ridley Scott's Gladiator

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Ridley Scott is an English producer and film maker who was born north east of England in 1937. His artificial intelligence has been very unique since he has entered to this field. He mostly uses extreme level of lightening in his movies; for example, Gladiator is very dingy and dark, whereas Thelma and Louise is very happy and bright. Therefore, his movies are not limited to only one genre and he has been able to make many different movies with different subjects. Gladiator directed by Ridley released in 2000 which have had some Biblical influences. Commodus becomes jealous of Maximus because his father favors Maximus more than his son. This is very similar to the story of Cane and Abel where Can Became jealous of Abel and Killed him (Genesis

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