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    “Do you really know the real reason behind Wonder Woman?” The Secret History of Wonder Woman was written by American historian Jill Lepore. The book was published in 2014 by the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. The type of book is a biography that focuses on the life of William Moulton Marston and his companions, as well as feminism and birth control. The book briefly summarizes women’s struggles as they act against mankind for what they stand for, with the contribution of developing the super heroine

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    Of course we had to save the best for last. “Arrow” is one of greatest shows of our generation in its respective genre. I could write 10 pages, maybe more, just on how great of a show this is. It essentially started everything the CW is doing with superhero shows. It helped create the spinoff of “The Flash” and “DC Legends of Tomorrow”, which features many characters brewing from Arrow and Flash. The main thing “Arrow” did was get fans excited about superhero shows again. Since “Smallville”, one

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    The Dark Knight (2008) is the second movie in The Dark Knight Trilogy by Christopher Nolan. It deals with serious issues such as order vs. chaos, good vs evil, corruption,escalation, justice,heroism and faith. In this paper, I will examine the implicit meaning of the movie, and I will analyze three important scenes, in which Nolan uses mies-en-scene, cinematography and sound to reinforce the themes of the movie. Bruce Wayne the protagonist, along with district attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant

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    growing despair in the world—he takes his wit and twists pessimism into humor and absurdity in relation to his nihilistic views. Although The Joker is depicted simply as a sociopathic criminal, he is much more—not only by allowing his foil character, Batman—both equally intelligent and dangerous—to influence his behavior by relying on each other, but by shaping the future outlook on society with

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    William Stryker, arguably one of the greatest supervillains of all time, is a fascinating yet terrifying character. His debut in God Loves, Man Kills is of a radical Christian evangelist whose life’s purpose is to eradicate the world of mutants forever. Throughout the years and movies, his adaptations in the X-Men universe takes this foundational hatred of mutants, but is constructed in miniscule (yet very important) ways that by themselves may seem inconsistent but together creates a cohesive character

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    believes that the people of Gotham should follow the rules of the government. He believes the government brings order and since it is supposed to be a “Democracy”, the peoples’ best interest is at heart. But is that really the case? On the other hand, Batman believes that the only way to make Gotham a better place is for them to go against the government. The government, in his eyes, does more harm than good to citizens, providing them with no freedom, just restrictions. The government that is shown isn’t

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    Chaos In The Dark Knight

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    In Nolan's The Dark Knight, the Joker disrupts order in Gotham City when he has district attorney, Harvey Dent, and his girlfriend Rachel set up to explosives. While being saved by Batman, and after realizing Rachel will die, half of Dent's body is ignited by the explosion, leaving him with horrific scars. This mutilation, combined with Rachel's murder, leads Dent to start causing chaos in Gotham. Another story of loss occurs in Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs when FBI initiate Clarice Starling

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    Joker In The Dark Knight

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    should think that the Joker is the worst of the criminals in Gotham because he has no respect for the people helping him with his plans, they are just pawns in his larger scheme. The general audience should know that the Joker is the main villain to Batman, but what this scene shows is that he does not like to work with others because of their differences in goals. The people that were employed by the Joker went blind because of the money they were going to get and failed to realize that they were working

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    Batman Research Paper

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    Iron Man and Batman are examples of heroes who do not possess super powers. Even though they do not have super powers, both heroic characters use their wealth in order to build high-tech technologies and weapons. Iron man and Batman share the same mission to protect innocent citizens from harm and prevent injustice. Iron Man and Batman have similarities and they differ in terms of their background, ability to fight crimes, and how their image is portrayed. Batman’s alter ego is Bruce Wayne, a wealthy

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    What Makes A Superheros

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    Superheros are Lit/Superheros Characteristics When I was 10 years old I really got into superheros when I saw Batman begins for the first time I loved the fact that Batman went through so much training to become a hero to find who killed his parents and Batman was a billionaire who wanted to help his city come back to the way it was before his parents died. The best superheroes have certain traits that make them unique from other superheroes for example superheroes have some sort of power

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