In both texts, there are contradictions in the light, which shows the true darkness. In The Dark Knight, Batman is a hero that saves the city however he is a vigilante and takes the law into his own hands. As well as saving the city, Batman destroys it at the same time, even if it is unintentional. We can see this in the car chase scene. The Joker also kills a few people at the expense of Batman as Batman would not reveal himself.
In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, the main character initially demonstrates qualities of being a tragic hero, but by conclusion of the play his deceitfulness and his overwhelming gullibility lead him to be portrayed as a criminal. Macbeth has serious issues with power, greed, and even his own self- esteem and self- conscious. He knows when he kills Duncan and Banquo that it is the wrong thing to do but he still does it anyways. He also becomes obsessed with idea of power and becomes more power hungry as each day passes. He has become an unstoppable killing machine who believes he is invincible once the three witches reveal their prophecies and their apparitions to Macbeth.
Right from the very beginning it is apparent that Mr. Harvey is evil. He is a creepy man when he says this at 1% of the book: “I’ve built something back here. Would you like to see it?” He then goes on to rape and murder Susie. If this man is not evil I don’t know what is. He is also very deranged.
And I won’t kill you because you’re just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever.” Here the Joker is expressing his feelings towards batman and he says that he does not want to kill batman because he’s having too much fun, meaning that he wishes to continue creating chaos in order Batman can be there to stop him or interrupt him. This shows that the Joker only seeks chaos and destruction and represents darkness in “Batman the dark knight” such as the witches also represent darkness and chaos in “Macbeth”. Another
I didn’t think that if Batman killed the Joker he would be wrong to and if would basically be the same as vigilantes, taking the law into their own hands. I liked how the authors compared terrorism to this situation, it would not be fair if we tortured terrorist to tell us information. America is looked at as a superpower and a place where everyone comes for freedom, I feel if we start using water torture and other means to get information out of our enemies we would become just as bad as they are. I feel like the answer to both of these situations is no. Batman should not kill the Joker and we should not be torturing our enemies to get information out of them.
During the events of Batman: Year One, Batman recalls all the things that work for being a great crime-fighter. After months of analyzing shipping data, Batman deduces the identity of the man at the top of the drug market in Gotham, a man named Berlanti. After breaking up a shipment and sending the police all the evidence they need to arrest and convict Berlanti, Batman feels on top of the world (Alfred notes that he is smiling for the first time in costume). Commenting to himself that Gotham seems "quiet" and more peaceful, Batman is confident and happy that his efforts to apply reason and logic to fighting crime have been so successful. As a personal reward, he (as Bruce Wayne) manages to get an art exhibit held over for an extra day so he
Hedoes not set out into a fight without the thought that he is going to accomplish his goal. BeingBatman, he has to take on the biggest villains. His first encounter was with Doctor JonathanCrane, but when he wanted to manipulate others, he drugged them and was known then as theScarecrow. Following this, was the physcopath distinguished as the Joker, who was a bit moreof a challenge because the way he went about his plans were very abnormal. Batman had to bevery forceful when it came to either one of the villains until he beat both the Joker and theScarecrow.
Despite the movies gaining massive fanatical following, they always depicted the African American men as aggressive people who engaged in criminal activities for heroism. For instance “a time to kill” by Samuel L. Jackson is a perfect example. These grotesque caricatures are not accurate representations of the African American men and contribute to the proliferation of negative stereotyping. However a movie like “I am legend” by will smith can be used to counter this
Despite the “old fashioned escapism” in Star Wars’ Hans Solo or Indiana Jones, society has transformed it’s depictions of heroes. Jeff Jensen expands upon this in his article, Heroes and Villains. When in trouble, “we should logically be drawn to tales of strong, valiant souls who can control their destinies and bring an easily definable fiend to justice.” A superman who beats up the bad guys and send them to the police can be compared to James Bond’s investigations of corrupt and powerful criminals, who reap the benefits of their schemes no matter the harm it brings. However, though seemingly cynical, today’s heroes aren’t as brave or fantastic as they seem. A hero cannot just randomly be born into the world.
Tom Buchanan V.S Jay Gatsby: Who is more corrupt? In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, we are introduced to two characters pitted against each other in an intense rivalry full of wealth, social status, hatred and love. Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan are two characters that portray subtle differences in their personalities, but share many characteristics that contribute to both of their corrupt nature. Both of these characters, through dishonesty, moral values, and jealousy, are shown to be corrupt. However through further analysis, Tom’s motives, means and the ultimate consequences of his actions allow him to take a more corrupt role than Jay Gatsby in this novel.