Can ANYONE help me on writing a 5 page essay on Roman Gladiators?

Question

i seriously need help on this

i WILL find a way to pay anyone back if they just help me with this.

Answer 1

Is it correct to assume that this is a RESEARCH paper and that it's not due the day you go back to school? (Well, even if it is, you have a week.)

Yes, begin with EmilyMeg's suggestions. Another film, if you can get hold of it,is the old Demetrius and the Gladiators.

Then get to the library and look for books and articles on the subject. You don't need entire books on gladiators, but ones on Roman life and history should contain relevant material. Make bibliography cards for them. Of course you can also use web sources, but they shouldn't be your ONLY sources.

Look at these books and articles and make notes on cards. Be sure to identify the source (author's last name and page number) of each note.

Sort out your notes according to the aspect of the topic they relate to. (E. g., what was the background of most gladiators--war captives? Slaves? Other? What training did they receive? How did they fight--one on one? Group on group? With sword and shield or with net and trident? What was the average length of life for a man once he became a gladiator? How often did someone manage to retire from the arena and live to an old age? What were their tangible rewards? Who were the most famous gladiators?)

Decide in what order you're going to discuss these aspects of the topic, and arrange your notecards accordingly.

If you have time, make an OUTLINE, based on the information of the cards.. If you put it in complete sentences, so much the better. Do this on the computer!

Now you can write the essay. If you've made a sentence outline, there's not a great deal to do except edit it into paragraphs and document the sources of your information as you use it. Just be sure to use transitions of your own between pieces of information from the notes, whether you're quoting word for word or not.

The introduction and the conclusion should be your own words. The introduction should end with the thesis statement, the overall point that you want to make about gladiators. Since you'll be writing on the computer, you can go back and put the introduction and thesis in after you finish the body if you want to.

On a separate page at the end, list alphabetically all the sources you've drawn on for the information in your paper. This site will be helpful for the format of both the reference list and the documentation: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Oh, yes: know what morituri te salutamos means.

Good luck!

P. S. Just pay it forward.

Answer 2

1. Go to: "Research your answer" on your question page. 2. Type in: Roman Gladiators. 3. I would search: "ancient roman gladiators" at the top of the page AND the first 4 topics beginning with "Gladiator--Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." Compile your findings by paraphrasing, of course. Though it's been awhile since I've been in any type of class, teachers get miffed when people copy stuff directly out of books. People were doing that in a class I was in years ago. The teacher got our attention and said,"People, I can read!" That "fixed" that.

Answer 3

Start by looking at web resources - or check out your local library.

If you are really stumped and have no idea of where to begin - you may want to look at some film portrayals of Gladiators - not as your final source information for your paper, but as a start so you can compare the written information you obtain to it. A couple of good ones are Gladiator and Spartacus.

Answer 4

Turn to Hollywood for all the answers.

Answer 5

http://abacus.bates.edu/~mimber/Rciv/gladiator.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator

Try these.