Character Analysis - the Joker

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The character I have chosen for my character is the Joker. The Joker is a fictional character known for his erratic personality in both books and movies about Batman. The Joker is supposedly a type of clown with green unkept hair and makeup and eccentric outfits. He shows signs of not being mentally stable, and has killed countless people making him a murderer. The Joker is best known for the scars on both sides of his face, he tells countless lies and stories about how he received the scars; each time making up a new and more unrealistic story. The Joker has no respect for the law, authority or hero figures like Batman, making him enemies. The Joker has no morals and only cares about himself; he is willing to do whatever it takes to get what he wants and will not hesitate to kill anyone who gets in his way. Many psychologists have different ways to characterize and group characters. Sigmund Freud used what he called the id, ego and superego. From a Freudian perspective, the Joker would have a very strong id and weak ego and superego. Almost all of the Jokers decisions are based on what he wants. He doesn’t care about how it affects other but is only looking out for himself and his own interests. Freud would most likely say that the Jokers fixation in the id stage would be due to complications during his childhood causing an imbalance in the id, ego and superego. They may have been caused by problems at home with his parents or a traumatic experience that happened to him. Freud may also imply that the Joker would be stuck in the oral stage of psychosexual development. A possibility is that the Joker never really received any trust or attention as a child and that has impacted him a great deal as an adult. He no longer feels the impulse or desire to get attached to anything or trust anyone. He usually works by himself, and when he does include outside people to help

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