Who Is The Joker: A Villain Or Appropriate Remains?

The Joker has many unsettling characteristics about him. Such as his impulsivity, lack of remorse, and insanity. He is extremely out of touch with reality, after an accident in his early life, he totally lost his mind. He has no sense if reality, or remorse, making him a great fit for a supervillain. He had no clear reason to why he wants to cause chaos, no issues with anyone in Gotham, no grudge against anyone, he simply does it for

The Joker has become a modern myth that exposes our innermost brittleness as a society, which, in some profound way, has come as a form of philosophical and political catharsis allowing us to reconsider the systems we hold dear. The Joker is a symbol of a new form of thinking. His methods, though subversive and excessive, are not irrational but rather well considered - he has a better understanding of the sane man than what we give him credit for. However, though his philosophy is profound, we cannot live in a world with no rules – we would live in a modern day ‘Lord of the Flies’. Thus, it becomes important that we find an antithesis of such a philosophy to stabilize society; Batman was certainly a suitable candidate. Batman is the masked vigilante who wishes to remove fear by restoring justice and confidence in the systems in Gotham. His philosophy is very reliant on the established systems and has great trust in them, though he operates outside of those systems. The psychological similarities of Batman and the Joker are apparent and suggest that both characters are ignoble; each has come from some trauma. However, the complementary differences in their respective philosophies are more dissonant – one believes in the power of society and

The Joker was once seen as a comical criminal who committed ridiculously silly crimes, such as spreading laughing gas throughout Gotham City. However, after the reinvention of Batman, The Joker was transformed into a grave and terrorizing character. Continuing the course of the new personality given to The Joker, writer Alan Moore and artist Brian Bolland created a graphic novel called The Killing Joke, “a much more complex, darker, and ultimately, frightening story” (Wooldridge) which tells one of the origins of The Joker since The Joker himself is unsure of his true inception. However, this particular graphic novel “isn’t about how the Joker came to be, it’s an examination of

Christopher Nolan told Indie Wire that Ledger initially did not want to partake in a superhero film and that he “didn’t like to work much and waited until he’s hungry.” And so, when the Joker role came around, “he was certainly hungry then.” Fans should be glad that he was hungry, because without him, The Dark Knight would look more like its predecessor, Batman Begins, a solid movie starring Christian Bale and Liam

Appearing to be the evilest, deranged, and flat out psychotic killer of all villains in “The Dark Knight”, The Joker is the main antagonist of Batman. He is the complete opposite of Batman, in everything from appearance, to ideals. The Joker views murder as a sport, and will not hesitate to toy with his food before he eats it, even if said food are the men he has hired to work for him. As intimidating as he is psychotic, in the movie he seems to struggle with an identity crisis. Which would put him in Aristotle’s list of character types as a Vicious/Self-indulgent. The reason for that would be that in the movie he states that he is tired of just stealing money from other people he is in shear he of something more which would be toying with Batman as if he were a baby playing with its food. Therefore represents the fact that the joker used to know what was good and was wrong, but choose to do the wrong which made him Incontinent/Soft. Then again I feel like the joker didn't choose to become the way he is now, it was just his childhood that made him like that because in the book he keeps on talking about his tormented childhood. He now has no morals for himself to the point where he doesn't care what he does and is now just knowing the bad, doing the bad, and having little or no regret which makes him a Vicious person.

In the film, The Dark Knight directed by Christopher Nolan, The Joker, one of Batman's most dangerous enemies whose aim is too push Batman to his ultimate limits, to break his personal rules and strict moral code. This, being the Jokers only reason to live, he has no fear of death and pain. The Joker is characterised as a calculating and logical criminal, a rebel with minimal empathy or moral and a nemesis who commits purposeless crime. Together these characteristics are developed through specific and appropriate use of technical aspects, such as, camera movement, camera angles, props and dialogue. Together these techniques create a character who is an extraordinary to watch, as he causes chaos in Gotham City, all to get

In the essay “Everything Burns: the Psychology & Philosophy of The Joker” Anthony Nowicke explains to the reader why the Joker is such a popular villain. He explains the philosophical ideas that the Joker himself believes in and also the psychological reason why he is so appealing to people. Nowicke also explains why the Joker is essential to Batman just as Batman is to the Joker.

Joker’s backstory begins as an engineer who decides to quit his job at Ace Chemicals Co to become a comedian. After failing in his attempt to keep his pregnant wife, Jeannie, afloat, he agrees to help two criminals rob the playing card company next door. The police soon inform the ‘soon-to-be Joker’ of the death of his wife due to a household accident. The other criminals strong-arm him into continuing with the plan. Once at the plant, the criminals make him wear a mask, later recognized as Red Hood. Unknown to the engineer, the disguise is secretly being used by the criminals to frame him for the crime.

The Joker, like many of the mentally unstable members of Batman's rogues gallery, has an obsession. Scarecrow's is fear, Riddler's is proving his intelligence, Two-Face's is fifty fifty chance. However, The Joker's obsession isn't about being a clown. The reason The Joker is insane is because he's obsessed with being insane.

Chaotic settings, monstrous actions, and a less than an appealing appearance make Joker who he is. Joker has no real name and there was not much difference between his past and his present. His past consisted of being a trickster and a thief, and his present state is both a trickster and a thief but no real crime is outside of what he is willing to do. What made Joker into who he is today was a life jarring accident that drove him insane. The reason that the accident drove him insane is that when he fell into a chemical waste it changed his appearance and cause of the change in appearance it supposedly drove him to thought for like insane.

Heath Ledger does an exceptional job of playing the Joker, making him so much more than a sleazy gangster with cheesy jokes. Ledger’s Joker is a complex, psychopathic man who is just as dangerous as he is insane. At no point in The Dark Knight could the Joker be described with a single character trait--he has the depth of a real person, making him all the more frightening. In the very first scene, we see the Joker shoot and kill one of his henchmen.

The way Joker was introduced in The Killing Joke was simply amazing. The creators give him a homicidal, psychopathic, ruthless, sadistic, maniacal, lunatic, manipulative, intelligent and diabolical master criminal who wants nothing but chaos and anarchy wherever he goes, as well as reveling in the suffering of others. The Joker is given a high-pitched, comical, bouncy, silly, and over-the-top voice that occasionally stoops down to a slight growl, in accordance to his clown-like appearance and maniacal

When people think about the Joker and the Batman people have to think about who they choose to help them in their plans.

First of all, there is an argument as to where he actually came from. Different movies and comics have had different points of view. There is no back-story for his character. "The Joker has always had a durable history of crime, of course,

It's not quite fair to say that the late Heath Ledger steals "The Dark Knight" from Christian Bale and the forces of (problematic) good, but, as the Joker, he is the movie's animating principle and anarchic spark - an unstoppable force colliding with the immovable objects of Batman and director