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Heath Ledger's Depiction Of The Joker In The Dark Knight

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When looking for someone for this project, I was looking for someone sadistic with a unique personality. Although using sick comedy for all his crimes, the Joker is a mastermind of chaos. Although there have been many depictions of the Joker, all resulting in different and unique styles, I believe that Heath Ledger’s role as the Joker in “The Dark Knight” movie, was undoubtedly the best. The interesting qualities about the Joker are that no one knows anything about his early life, because despite being captured by the Police, he seemed to be a phantom. There were no finger prints to his name, nor were there any dental records. Multiple times the Joker spoke of his past, but they didn’t seem to be consistent, but all depicting how he received …show more content…

He saw the child with a long scared expression on his face, so he used that same knife on him, thus creating his knife carved smile. Later on he then changed up the story. He later stated that his wife previously had a gambling problem. When she struggled with losses and was unable to repay back loan sharks, she received many beatings. This resulted in her having many scars, but since they were poor there wasn’t enough money to go around for them to pay for surgery. In some sort of desperate efforts, he stated to his wife that her damaged image didn’t bother him, so in some sort of strange way to try to cheer her up, he carved a smile in his face to match hers. This disturbing image instead left his wife in shock and she ended up leaving him, thus resulting in him to be stuck that way for the rest of his days. No one knows whether these stories actually remain true due to the fact that it’s known he’s lying in one of these, but he always seemed to like to talk about his scars. One of the things that make The Joker stand out from the crowd is his witty, psychotic quotes. Such

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