If we in the contemporary United States did not have readily available mediatized forms of violent entertainment, would we create more live forms, as the Romans did? What is the appeal of watching such entertainments?

What will be an ideal response?

The Student could discuss the idea that humans feel the most palpable connection
to what they are watching when they share the most core fear of the entertainer: the fear of
death or of the Western fascination with glorified death.