Is Batman A Hero

Batman, having faced death numerous amounts of times, has become more than just a human. He is able to fight evil, like never before and he is rewarded, often by glorification.

In the world of superheroes, there are numerous that believe they are heroes, while in actuality, they are merely vigilantes. This is demonstrated throughout the world of superheroes, but it is not as prominently demonstrated as in Batman. Batman presents himself as a hero, while he is only an over imaginative vigilante. He is more a vigilante than a hero since he has the ability to stop crime, but doesn’t, he only does deeds for his own benefit, and he helps the law but isn’t part of it. These are only a few ways Batman is a vigilante, rather than a hero. These are mainly based upon the idea of him trying to right his own past.

The main factor that tells me that Superman is a better Superhero is that fact that he actually has powers whereas Batman has to rely on money. Superman has many powers such as: Extreme strength, invulnerability, heat and x-ray vision, super breath, and flight. Batman on the other hand, has no powers and without his billionaire status, would

Batman is a depiction of hope. Batman was the answer to a lot of people’s problems in a place where nobody felt safe like they should in their home. He was like the rain after a long, dry spell for

We have discussed that Batman is ferocious and evil but does display some admirable qualities. He works with the police commissioner Jim Gordon from the first till the last film; he aids the police, although in an anti democratic way, in taking down some of Gotham’s worst criminals. Coupled with this we see Batman’s compassion in many scenes. We see Bruce Wayne in the first film refusing to kill a guilty man, we see Batman not killing the joker in the second film even when he had ample time and opportunities. Lastly the films are all super hero based, the trilogy is about us viewing Batman as the eventual hero, and I personally do view him as the hero but I view him as a flawed hero, a hero whose ways are not always what Gotham wants but what it needs.

Is Batman a hero? Batman is a hero because he follows the hero cycle. The hero cycle that batman follows is easily split into 3 sections, departure, initiation, and return.

Many of us have grown up watching cartoons throughout our childhood. Of the many cartoons on television is Batman. This cartoon has been on television for many years. It is a story of a man who is a successful businessman during the day and a mysterious superhero by night. Bruce Wayne is the man who is this mysterious man with the two identities. He is both Bruce Wayne and Batman. Only a selected few know both of his identities. Many of us have grown up thinking that he is a great man and a great superhero. Yet, why is it that we do not question how unusual the whole situation is? If we take a closer look, we can find that he is a disturbed man who may

Batman is more of a vigilante than a hero because he has the ability to stop crime but doesn’t. He goes about “protecting” the city

He might be a hero, but he hhas done some pretty horrible things that stem to the level of brutal. In one instance, Batman even shoved a bomb down a guy’s pants and pushed him into a hole. The bomb, unsurprisingly killed the guy. This is not something Batman would normally do. He doesn’t believe killing is the answer to people’s problems.

In Batman this is more true than in Beowulf, but nonetheless, the archetype remains strong in both stories. In Beowulf, only one person, a man named Unferth, seems to truly doubt the hero when he questions his past successes. This dubious man is soon silenced by a simple conversation where Beowulf proves him wrong. This aspect of both heroes definitely seems to be more complicated with Batman. Instead of only one or a few people expressing serious doubt in Batman’s ability, it is almost the entire city that expresses concern. Batman only has a few people that believe in him including Commissioner Gordon, Batman’s butler Alfred, and a few citizens of Gotham. Despite their differences, Batman and Beowulf both contain one of the key elements in a hero’s story; people who try to pull them down, and the people who express nothing but

In the film, "The Dark Knight" (2008), The Batman, also known as Bruce Wayne, finally feels that with the assistant of Lieutenant James Gordon and Harvey Dent, organized crime in Gotham City have gone down to an all-time low. Although when a new criminal going by the alias, The Joker, shows up causing madness throughout Gotham and revealing that even heroes can become villains. The Batman struggles in trying to stop the Joker from achieving his master plan but fails numerous times eventually leading to the death of Batman's love, Rachel Dawes, causing Batman's confrontation with the Joker to become personal. This pushes Batman to cross the road between hero and vigilante, in order to stop The Joker from playing out his psychological test and

The artistic representation of the Batman myth is an important cultural artifact of our time because it represents modern society's thirst for heroic ideals in popular entertainment. Since his creation, readers and viewers have admired Batman's unique ability to battle villainy, transcend the law and administer justice. As cultivators of the noir genre in film as well as in literature, Americans have always identified with this enigmatic hero, who exists on the margins of society and yet represents one of the largest corporations in the world. The evolution of Batman in particular and the superhero genre in general (from comic book to television to film and back again) has seen in the latest adaptation from Christopher Nolan's Batman revamp a veritable tilting point for the character once known as the World's Greatest Detective. This paper will analyze why Batman is an important cultural artifact of our day, how he came into being, what he means for society, and how he will be treated in the future.

Batman is one of the many fictional superheroes which appears in the “American comic books” that is published by the DC comics. The character is a secret identity for Bruce Wayne, the only heir to Wayne Enterprises. Bruce Wayne swore an oath of vengeance when he witnessed the death of his parents;Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne (Diamond, 2015). Bat man combats criminals in Gotham: a fictional city, with assistance from various characters, for example, his butler Alfred and Gordon; Gotham city police commissioner. Unlike many of the superheroes characters, Batman possesses no powers .Bruce Wayne trained himself intellectually and physically .it is from dedication to training he possessed the useful traits of physical prowess, martial arts skills, detective skills and indomitable will to fight for justice. Though his motive is to combat crime and protect people of Gotham city from criminals, the justice system in most of the times views Batman as a villain and vigilante. He can inflict fear to Gotham city criminals thereby bringing calmness to the city. I identify myself with the Batman character through his selfless will for justice, his strong determination to do good

A contradiction that images the tough system of batman and how it works in his

Furthermore, while the batman's actions seem noble and heroic; his means of attaining this dream of a just and uncorrupt Gotham was always twisted. Bruce is an excellent example of mealy-mouthedness, speaking one way but having contradicting actions; devious and insincere. But is it entirely? He fights against evil, fights against infamy with his own sense of integrity. Does that make him the villain himself? It’s the controversy surrounding this HERO, is he selfless and trying achieve goodness? Or selfish enough to put any matter of lives at risk to end one evil? I’m willing to bet the latter.