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    The Joker is commonly known as a supervillain, serial killer, and an extremely dangerous madman. He is recognized as the greatest enemy of Batman. He embodies chaos and evil and revels in creating disorder as he terrorizes Gotham City. The Joker is a brilliant, ruthless, and twisted criminal mastermind who can appear to have many, complex motives or no clear motive at all at times in what may drive him to act in such a manner. One possible reason for the Joker’s actions can be the simple self-amusement

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    of villains in the world of films but the ultimate villain has to be the Joker in The Dark Knight. Batman and The Joker 's character traits isn 't what makes them so vastly different, it is their perspectives and the way they use that cleverness both of them possess. The Joker’s madness is not limited to gun power because the Joker’s most effective weapon is his evil mastermind. When one first catches a glimpse of the Joker, fright will surely ensue. The Joker’s clown like appearance taps into many

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    Batman v. The Joker Conceived in mayhem, Batman’s ultimate nemesis the Joker wreaks havoc on the city of Gotham in a continuous tirade of escaping the claws of justice. With the Dark Knights code of honor ‘never to kill’ the ultimate solution to stopping the Jokers antics is just out of reach; Tauriq Moosa a journalist for BigThink debates the question, should Batman kill The Joker? Bringing about external quotes and information, Tauriq presents convincing points that help the reader reason the

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    the desire to simply be content is becoming a common trend. In The Dark Knight, The Joker, being the antagonist, is depicted as a malicious, unpredictable genius—but who is he really? By completely eluding the above statements, The Joker proves to be understanding of the 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

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    In today’s time and age, I don’t think we will come across anyone, who is oblivious of the legendary pair of a hero and a villain; batman and the joker. Those who haven’t read the comics, must have watched at least a few of the movies that are based on these characters. Batman is seen as the hero. The joker is seen as a villain. There are a lot of variations in the stories involving these two as it has been incarnated a lot times, but their characters remain the same. The relationship between these

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    The Joker a man of many colors. The Jokers white symbolizes more than just face paint. White is a color made up of all the colors. White allows light to go through it and show the color white, this color is everything but is nothing at the same time. Most people associate white with greatness and purity. Purple, orange, and green are secondary colors, which are commonly known for villains. The Joker wears these colors as his suit but wears white on his face to represent purity, and overall good.

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    kill the Joker. Batman, honestly, will not let him go. They are in a deeper and more unfathomable battle of storytelling that anyone could ever imagine. The Joker has made many attempts to break Batman into lunacy, he sees Batman as a person that is no better than him. He wants Batman to show his true colors and prove to everyone that all it takes is one bad day to get the monster deep down inside of them to come out. On the other hand, Batman wants to believe that he is not like the Joker, in fact

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    villains from films, It Follows and Batman the Dark Knight. We see how both It and The Joker are the similar yet so different very different. The villain It comes from a film classified as horror, and The Joker from Batman: The Dark Knight: Rises is in cinema classified as an action film. A good case in point on how both villains are the same is they both have unknown origins. Where do the roots of IT and The Joker begin? Who are they? From where do they come? When did the become a villain? Why did

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    Odysseus was a bad leader like The Joker from Batman, they both killed their own men on their teams. Odysseus and The Joker should team up and try to be good hero’s. There could be a movie called” The Incredible Hero’s, Odysseus and The Joker teaming up with Batman”. A good leader wouldn’t kill his own men. A pleasant leader would make intelligent decisions. A leader would be patriotic, which means devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty. Odysseus wasn’t so marvelous

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    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

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