The Dark Knight Figures In 'The Dark Knight Rises'

Heroes have the tendency to fight crime or serve the public without having to have a personal reason, this is not the case for Batman. Batman regularly, if not constantly, fights crime for his own benefit. While Batman was still Bruce Wayne, his parents were killed by a soon to be supervillain, this caused him to have an alternative motive to become a “hero.” Even if he does not directly advance on his parent’s murder, he still attacks ever villain that he thinks did him an injustice. “He smashes any and everything in his way while pursuing his ends,” (Wilson). While Batman smashes through his own intentions, Captain America fights crimes/serves the city for the people not for his own benefit. Batman might seem to be doing what a hero is supposed to do, but he is merely trying to avenge his parents death. “ Police are perplexed, worried the group will turn into vigilantes and doubt that the superhero policy is ever stopped any crime,” (source A). This is the same with Batman; the police do not know what to fashion of him, but are worried that he will insert himself in trouble. Batman might seem to be doing activities for others, still he does them for himself.

The Dark Knight is a story that takes place in the city of Gotham where the head menace, the Joker is a lunatic that acts on his most basic pleasure principle, disregarding everything else. Batman is the protagonist that fights against the Joker’s dark force and struggles for justice with the help of his loyal butler, Alfred. All the while, a refined district attorney, Harvey Dent reflects cultural principles and seeks an unattainable perfection. This story has the polarity of a hero, villain, and other essential characters that we have within ourselves. The Dark Knight is a philosophical conflict around the notion of justice that we see brawl it out physically.

Matt Morris claims that "the story of Batman is a great cautionary tale concerning the price we risk paying if we are unable to keep things in balance". He warns that we should take Batman's "lessons to heart, and exercise as much care as we can not to let our work, and our service to the world, take away from us the most basic necessities of a good and happy life”. The Batman series is about Bruce Wayne, a billionaire playboy who takes it on himself to protect the residents of Gotham City from violence and corruption, disguised as a high-tech anthropomorphic bat. This is an enormous responsibility, one which comes with constants affronts to his physical and psychological well-being, as well as an inherent sense of psychic quarantine. On the surface, it appears that Morris makes a strong point: Who would willingly renounce happiness for an ambition as onerous as keeping a major metropolis from harm?

Smoke billows out from a Manhattan skyscraper, damaged by a fiery explosion. This could easily be a scene from 9/11, however we see Batman looking grimly on as a poster advertises the film will be released soon. Clearly this film plays on the fears of terrorism. As depicted in The Dark Knight, the Joker plays the terrorist, while Gotham’s leadership struggles to contain him. The film departs from the superhero ideals of pure good versus pure evil, showing a murky world where moral decisions have to be made in order to stop evil. Because of this, The Dark Knight seems to be an allegory for the War on Terrorism. This paper will look at how the Joker represents terrorism, while Batman represents George Bush and his administration’s War on

In a movie where good and evil are divided by a very thin line, the Dark Knight rises up to fight against injustice and corruption in Gotham City. An action sequel to the original Batman Begins, this installment is a lot darker filled with more explosion, twists, and suspense. For the first time, a comic has been integrated into the issues of the real world. With the help of District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant Gordon, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining mob members and clean the streets of Gotham for good. Their success is only short-lived when they encounter the Joker, a mysterious mastermind who is out to prove that nobility cannot hold in a world of anarchy.

The city in Gotham is in chaos. They no longer know what they stand for and are starting to wonder if fighting evil is, in fact, creating more evil. One man who stands strong even when the public is second-guessing is Harvey Dent played by Aaron Eckhart. He is the new district attorney and is respected by the entire city for stopping corruption all over the town. He is a clean-shaven man with blonde hair and blue eyes who presents himself as a very proper man. This mise en scene proves that this man is a good man. If he were unshaven, had dark eyes, and dark hair it would be hard to consider him a truly good man. The director realizes this may not be true with everyone but it is a typical stereotype in our society today. As the movie goes on the enemy, who is forcing him to second-guess his values, tests him time and time again. Being an honest man is no longer putting criminals away; they are always one step ahead. By the end of the film, the Joker crushes Harvey’s values and blinds him from what his true goals were in life. His two-sided face shows this visually after being burned in the explosion. Also, Harvey has a coin with a head printed on both sides. This coin never can land on tails but Harvey

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’s character is based on his will to fight for justice. Batman relates to the modern law through the unique ways in which he uses his intellectual abilities to reason. His reasoning provides insight about ‘true justice’ by operating externally to

According to Batman, Gotham needs a masked vigilante to swiftly restore justice and order to the city. Police officers are openly crooked, while politicians and judges are in the pockets of the mobsters. By the time of The Dark Knight, things have started to improved in Gotham. Batman and Lieutenant Jim Gordon, have had astonishing success fighting the mob in Gotham. Their success has been paralleled by that of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Gotham’s “white knight.” He is seemingly incorruptible and is the just politician that Gotham has been lacking. Justice can prevail outside the law in The Dark Knight, because the Joker, an anarchist villain, is defeated and order is restored to Gotham’s once corrupt and dysfunctional legal system.

Batman perfectly embodies the idea of a hero. He combats crime in the city of Gotham with relative ease having pushed himself to the absolute pinnacle of physical human achievement while simultaneously wielding a mastery of fighting techniques and an arsenal of advanced crime-fighting technology. An intellectually brilliant detective with a plan for any and every occasion, seemingly always ahead of his foes.

In the movie, "The Dark Knight," the main villain is a sadistic criminal, who refers to himself as the "Joker." This evil, twisted and brilliant character is the arch-nemesis of Batman, the "Caped Crusader" who watches over and protects the much beleaguered and crime-ridden Gotham City. The Joker wreaks havoc on Gotham, using its buildings, streets, and inhabitants as his personal experiment in uncontrolled destruction. His ultimate goal is to throw Gotham City into chaos, proving without question that nobody is safe as long as he controls the city. In "The Dark Night," he develops a four-step plan, ensuring that Gotham remains under his power and is thrown headlong into complete chaos.

Another work by Crutcher emphasizes that ‘Many Lives of the Batman’ and ‘Batman Unmasked’ are bought in three areas: popular culture studies, popular culture as it relates to marketing and consumerism, and the nature of the comic publishing industry. Most writers have examined the impact of Dark Knight Returns on cultural consciousness, politics, and so on. This antihero construction sparks centuries old dialogues on ethics, the kind of business that comprises the bulk of Batman. “The complexities and graphics in the novel and comic of Batman have been defined as his duality with his villains” (Crutcher 66). Due to popularity and the existence of Batman, people began using the Batman symbol as paraphernalia on personal belongings such as clothing, equipment, and supplies.

The Batman comics and movies have survived decades by captivating new audiences and eliciting a cult following that has survived fifty years. Undoubtedly, the characters and plots of the films have transformed to match the newer generation’s preference for action and drama. Shifts have provided heroes that cross the line of villains, and villains that have protagonist qualities. Upon comparing, the first Batman movie's poster to the recent poster for The Dark Knight demonstrates the shift in the portrayal of heroes and villains in family entertainment. Society today likes their roles of heroes and villains to have transposable qualities, and movies that depict violence and action more prevalently. Regardless of the changes, Batman will continue

Batman’s violent actions in Frank’s Miller comic book demonstrated the darkness of his heroic personality. After ten year retirement, Batman became more troubled to Gotham City turning to a crime-ridden and a fugitive. According to Joseph Campbell words “everything begins with a story”. The beginning of Batman’s story started after the death of his parents. They were shot by some criminals because they were going to steal and hurt them. Having to experienced this horrible scene on his childhood, traumatized Batman

"Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free."(Jim Morrison). As Bruce Wayne talks to Bane and lays in the filthy pit both physically and mentally broken, he is reminded of the fact that he does not possess the fear of death. He is merely suffering from the pain that is his city is burning to the ground and not having the strength to save the city of Gotham. As in biblical terms, a man that has been stripped of everything in his life must go on a journey of finding his true identity and saving the people he loves. The Dark Knight Rises is an intellectually dense and a thematically rich film that ends the trilogy in a bang.