Gladiator II
Warning : hold SPOILERS for Gladiator 2!Lucius has dreams of his wife inGladiator IIthat are shown in bleak and livid , and the contents and signification of the dreams merit deeper exploration . Dreams were a central part of the originalGladiatorthanks toMarcus Aurelius ' " Dream of Rome"and Maximus ' dream / vision of his family in the hereafter . AlthoughGladiator 2shifts the narrative focus toMaximus ' son Lucius , music director Ridley Scott copies mass of decisions from the first film . This includes a recurring minute in the sequel where Lucius dreams about his wife in sinister and white - harken back to the visions his don had .
WhereasMaximus ' dreamswere a bit more naturalistic - designate his married woman and boy at their house -Gladiator 2takes a very different approach with Lucius . His dream are still tied to trauma and the exit of a loved one , specifically his married woman , just like his father ’s . This is because Lucius ' married woman pass away in the film ’s chess opening battle in Numidia after being charge by an pointer . Lucius ' dreams only take up a fraction ofGladiator 2 ’s massive runtime , and yet the contents and significance are much heavy thanks to the narration grandness and visual trend .
What Happens In Lucius' Dreams Of His Wife In Gladiator 2
Lucius Sees Arishat After Her Death
The substance of Lucius ' dream inGladiator 2are entirely prove in black and white . He wakes up on the beach , seemingly the same one as the Numidia battle , and looks out at the ocean . or else of seeing the fleet of Roman ships Acacius brought to the terra firma , he sees Arishat getting on a peck with two marvelous , hooded figure . These people for the most part resemble the Grim Reaper , mayhap make them representations of Mors - the bod of destruction in papistical mythology . As Lucius sees his married woman with these being , multiple tornadoes are seen twirl through the skies in the setting .
No one is safe from being killed off in Gladiator II as war rages , rivals backstab each other , and gladiator oppose to the destruction in the Colosseum .
While Lucius visit out for his married woman as she goes aside from him , the only reply she gives is saying,“I’ll wait for you . “He wakes up from the initial dream after fall off the wall in Numidia and being pulled back to the shores . This afford Lucius the chance to say goodby to his wifein some fashion , as she joins the dead and he recall to the animation . He has an abbreviate version of the same black - and - ashen dream with his wife afterwards on leading up toGladiator 2 ’s endingas well .
Are Lucius' Dreams In Gladiator 2 Visions Of The Afterlife?
He Could Be Catching A Glimpse Of The Underworld
Based on what the actual dream show , there could be an interpretation that Lucius is not dreaming at all but rather experiencing a bit of the hereafter . The underworld setting and connection to death is quite seeming through the dream ’s imaging and what pass in it . Whether this is merely Lucius ' interpretation of the hereafter or a echt glance into the Roman hereafter is problematical . The fact that Lucius has the same dream multiple time could discredit the musical theme that this is the afterlife , as his life is not also in the balance the second time he has it .
An other playscript pore on Maximus had him come up through the Roman underworld
Ridley Scott’soriginal plans forGladiator 2do make the hereafter suggestion a scrap more plausible , though . An early script focus on Maximus had him wax through the Roman underworld after he break . While the Nick CaveGladiator 2script has nothing in unwashed with the terminal version of the subsequence ’s story , perhaps Scott did want to touch on the afterlife briefly . Instead of deliver the entire narration revolve around an afterlife setting , Lucius ' dreams and shew what happen to Arishat may have been a style to do just that . Ultimately , the scenes still sour as dreams or afterlife visions .
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Why Lucius' Dreams Are In Black & White
They Could Represent Lucius' State Of Mind
The black and white visual style used for Lucius ' dreams inGladiator 2are notable . They are the only sequence in the entire film that are show without any color . Ridley Scott let in flashback inGladiator 2with desaturated visuals , but they still have some color to them - whether they are raw scene filmed for the sequel or shots from the original . This could excuse a part of the black and white appearance of Lucius ' dreams . It clearly typeset the scenes apart from everything else in the film , helping to communicate it is unlike from the rest .
There is also a likely abstruse meaning based on how dream can be interpreted . grim and white dreams can be attributed to someone who has a common sense of exit or desolation . That would accurately describe Lucius at the time of these dreams . He ’s just lost his wife and was crusade in a battle that the Numidians were losing against Rome . There would be a profound feeling of loss in Lucius at the moment of Arishat ’s death , so his subconscious dream in bootleg and white could connect to howGladiator IIkicks off his history .
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