Essay on invictus

Invictus is a historical film that takes place during post apartheid South Africa. It was directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. The film is based on John Carlin's book, Playing the enemy: Nelson Mandela And Game That Made A Nation. It is mainly about Rugby World Cup in 1995 in South Africa.

“Invictus” is a film that details the events that transpired when Nelson Mandela took over as South Africa’s president in 1994. The film’s main theme is the unifying power of sports. In the film, President Nelson Mandela uses the 1995 rugby world-cup campaign to unite the divided South Africans.

Invictus by William Ernest Henley is a powerful poem portraying the fate of human beings. The author clearly is writing about his own struggles for his pain is obvious in the poem. Henley suffered from terrible health problems and also had a child who passed during his own lifetime.

Invictus is a biographical poem. Henley, through this poem, speaks his thoughts, his uncontained emotions and feelings regarding his situation during the time the poem was written. Accordingly, this poem was written from a hospital bed (Biographical Information). It can be noted that Henley was very sickly since he was twelve years old.