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    arises. Conflict is reduced to a battle of “good versus evil” in order to make a distinction between options and determine an outcome. However, good and evil are not entirely separate entities within humans; rather, actions fall on a scale between the two extremes making the morality of such actions difficult to judge. The ability to separate the opposing forces of good and evil within an individual is a topic discussed extensively by Scottish author and poet Robert Louis Stevenson in his fictional novel

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    However, the character is only complex because of the consumption of a potion or drug, then the one character is transformed into two individual opposite personalities. It is because of Jekyll's kind and generous nature he has a good friend in a lawyer, who tries to define the understanding of why Jekyll would give his entire worldly possessions to Hyde, in the event of

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    the discovery of the salt that enabled them to become seperate: "I learned to recognise the thorough and primitive duality of man; I saw that, of the two natures that contended in the field of my consciousness, even if I could rightly be said to be either, it was only because I was radically both" (Stephenson 49). "Man is not truly one, but truly two," Jekyll relates, appearing to support the theory suggesting that each brain hemisphere might house a separate personality, indeed, a separate soul (Stevenson

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    Lighting creates an atmosphere for the setting; it establishes the overall tone for what the audience is able to receive. Lighting is a key aspect in filming, as it can transform tones from scene to scene to create a certain subliminal meaning. For instance, the contrasting light from character to character allows the viewer to understand the differences between them such as their values and overall message. Throughout the movie “The Dark Knight” lighting allows for the directors subliminal meaning

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    that plays on a constant loop while the potion necessary needed now rendered ineffective Jekyll cant write anything at his state of constant transformation caused by the turmoil of who will dominate the body, a loose cannon by the name of Hyde or the two faced gent

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    Psychology Of Batman

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    for starting the Batman vs the Joker where he explains he plans for all of this to happen and the police to catch Dent, and let the people riot, which ends in the batman tying him up with a rope and leaving him for the police while he going after Two-face where he kills him and takes the blames for his murders some the people will still have hope in this great city. Bale performance as the Batman was legendary with a great supporting

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    A Hero’s Shadow The city of Gotham needs a hero- someone to protect its citizens and thwart evil-doers’ plans. In Frank Miller’s comic novel The Dark Knight Returns, a common theme of internal struggle saturates the underlying story behind the masked vigilante as he fights with the dark entity clinging to his soul. Perhaps the Joker is not the only enemy that Bruce Wayne has- are his good intentions hindered by the demon inside? Proceeding the brutal murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne’s shadow no

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    Have you wondered why people are two faced? Well, According to google.com it states that two-faced means that insincere and deceitful. In this amazing book that Sir Robert Stevenson wrote called Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde tell about a man that tramped a little girl then kept walking. However; in the book Mr. Jekyll commits a crime then becomes the most wanted in England. But no one knows that Mr. Jekyll is actually Mr. Hyde. To turn into the devious Mr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde creates a potion

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    The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan, is a great example of the Gothic genre. The entire movie centers around the corrupt and crime-ridden city of Gotham. From the opening scene, the director makes it clear that Gotham faces the same menacing danger of the first movie, as the viewer is reacquainted with the city through a robbery. It is here that we meet Heath Ledger’s portrayal of the Joker, a menacing character that enjoys causing distress and implements creatively gruesome murders. It

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    Many people believe that a person has two distinct sides to them, a good and a bad. Each side could be dangerous or endangered on its own, as they are pure evil and pure good. This idea of evil and duality of man is explored in the novella, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson. Dr. Jekyll splits himself into an absolute good side and an absolute evil side. When Dr. Jekyll split himself into pure bad and good, he eliminated all good qualities in his evil self and all evil qualities

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