Spartacus, the rebel leader who fought against the Romans with an army of fellow escaped slaves, is one of the most famous figures in ancient Roman history. Spartacus led his men against their Roman oppressors and managed to defeat the Roman army in several battles. Eventually Spartacus and his army were defeated and put to death. To this day, Spartacus fascinates both historians and the general public. Several aspects about his story have made him a particularly appealing hero .
First, Spartacus' original goal in his conflict against Rome is one everyone can empathize with'he wanted to return home. Spartacus and his men had been taken by the Romans from faraway lands. In fighting the Romans, Spartacus and his men initially sought to return to the homelands from which they had been uprooted. Spartacus and his men's desire to return home is one we can all appreciate.
Second, Spartacus' initial success in fighting against the powerful Roman army has earned him the admiration people feel when someone who is overmatched triumphs through sheer skill. Spartacus and his men formed a relatively small, ill-equipped army; the Roman army, in contrast, was large, well financed, and highly trained. Spartacus' ability to seriously trouble the Romans on the battlefield testifies to his military brilliance, making him a hero in most people's eyes.
Third, in fighting against Rome, Spartacus sought to liberate all Roman slaves and thus commanded respect as an early human rights advocate. Before his final battle with the Romans, Spartacus was sent an offer by a Roman general: if Spartacus would stop fighting, he would be made a Roman senator, a member of Rome's powerful elite, and his men would be freed. However, Spartacus rejected this offer because it would have left the institution of slavery in place.
According to the passage, Spartacus was a hero that defeated the Roman army and liberated slaves. However, the professor in the listening opposes this notion, pointing out the inaccuracies of each point made in the passage.
Firstly, while the passage states that everyone appreciate Spartacus because his initial goal in the conflict against Rome was to return home, the lecturer argues that returning home was not the only goal that Spartacus had. Instead, he created a route towards the city of Rome, indicating that seeking revenge and wealth was his real goal.
Secondly, the article claims that despite the fact that Spartacus had only a small and poor army, he still succeeded in fighting against the large and well-equipped Roman army, which earned him admiration from people. However, the professor rebuts that it was not true. He mentions that the initial success of Spartacus was simply because the Roman did not deal with the rebel seriously; after they realize the seriousness of the problem, Roman sent the best soldiers to fight against Spartacus, when Spartacus was defeated.
Finally, the passage contends that Spartacus wanted to free all the slaves and advocate for human rights, making him admired by the public. In contrast, the professor maintains that it was just a story made by a playwright back to the 18th century Europe. At that time, the anti-slavery movement needed a hero to demonstrate their efforts, so Spartacus was selected and was written into a play that passed on by history.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, firstly, however, second, secondly, so, still, well, while, as to, in contrast
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 5.04856512141 0% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 29.0 30.3222958057 96% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1272.0 1373.03311258 93% => OK
No of words: 249.0 270.72406181 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.10843373494 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.97237131171 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.55999447589 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 147.0 145.348785872 101% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.590361445783 0.540411800872 109% => OK
syllable_count: 387.9 419.366225166 92% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 13.0662251656 77% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 24.0 21.2450331126 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 60.6489076571 49.2860985944 123% => OK
Chars per sentence: 127.2 110.228320801 115% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.9 21.698381199 115% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.9 7.06452816374 140% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.22645499813 0.272083759551 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0855311142706 0.0996497079465 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0952431386884 0.0662205650399 144% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.131104524184 0.162205337803 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0707677784448 0.0443174109184 160% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.1 13.3589403974 113% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 53.8541721854 87% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.0289183223 115% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.65 12.2367328918 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.39 8.42419426049 111% => OK
difficult_words: 72.0 63.6247240618 113% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.498013245 110% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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