pride and honor

The Spartan view of men and women is a cross between old views and modern views. The newer views for the men was that the boys were to be left alone in the wild to become men. In today's world they are not left in the wild per say but they still go out on their own. Another one of the newer views is how the men viewed women. In older times men would never had listened to a women. In the film the viewer could tell that the Spartan king had a true respect for his wife the queen. This was best shown in the scene when the Spartan king came back from his meeting with the oracle. One of the older views the Spartans had that does not always hold true today is that the men only had one profession. The women on the other hand seemed to have the same crossed views between now and them. The queen is portrayed in a manner that makes her character look very strong and independent. This view would not have been true in the old days it is more constant with modern times. One of the older views was when the queen talked to the counsel. In this scene you can tell that all the men did not really want to listen to her. This scene also shows how strong her character really is.
The Persians on the other hand had views that were more constant for the time of the movie. All the people were their to serve the king. The Persian king did not care about his solders they were only their to concern the enemy. Another one of the older views was that the king was a god and his top guards were invincible. The Persian women were portrayed as a weaker character. they were servants and only their for the pleasure of men. The Persians did not care if you were disabled or not. The more you were deformed the better you were. I believe this to be true because in the scene were the general gets his head cut off the "guy" cutting it off has claw arms. They win by shear mass were as the Spartans win by their skills.
The Spartans were all about honor and pride. This traits was what drove the Spartan army. In contrast the Persian fought because of fear. Most of the solders in the Persian army were from places that Persia had defeated. The viewer could tell this from the scenes when Persia is attacking the Spartans. They had rhinos and elephants that used to try to push through the Spartans. As I had stated earlier the Spartans fought with pride and honor. All Spartan solders were just that Spartan solders. They did not fight because they had to it was because the wanted to. One of the best scenes that showed this was when one of the Spartans was hoping that the Persians had someone in their army that could challenge him in battle. That scene showed the pride that the Spartans had for battle. It was an honor to die in battle for Spartans.