Alexey Arestovych – Psychological training based on the analysis of the film Gladiator

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Alexey Arestovych – Psychological training based on the analysis of the film Gladiator

Not just a film, but a training session on mastering the skill of working with reality. In this film workshop, we’ll explore how the antagonist and protagonist experience the collapse of their false selves.

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As children, we were taught in a didactic tone: there are such things as “I want,” and there are such things as “I have to.” The tragedy of each of us is to be crucified between these two concepts, which give rise to two conflicting selves within us:

Social Self is the image in which society expects to see you.

The ideal self is a fictitious image that a person expects from himself and often contrasts it with social expectations.

However, there is a third self—the authentic self. It reflects purpose and emerges in people who are internally honest with themselves. The key feature of this self is that it provides basic self-respect and unconditional confidence in one’s actions.

In the film Gladiator, we look at how the antagonist and protagonist experience the collapse of their false selves.

Maximus was the Roman Empire’s finest general, a devoted warrior, and the perfect example of a man living in harmony with his Social Self. Between “I Want” and “Must,” he always chooses “Must.” And suddenly, he loses everything he held dear.

Commodus is the unrecognized imperial heir who, deep down, dreams of being loved by someone. The ideal self he imagines for himself threatens the very existence of the Roman Empire.

At the film seminar we will discuss:

1. How do the characters lie to themselves in different parts of the plot?
2. How do situations of choice allow us to find our true self?
3. Can the motivations of the social and ideal self coincide with the authentic self?
4. How does the experience of psychological death make it possible to rely only on the authentic self?