Sahar Maleki Block”G” Jungian Archetypes in “The Dark Knight” Carl Jung called archetypes the ancient patterns of personality, which are constant throughout and help us to know characters’ purpose in the story. The dark knight is a movie, which is very related to Jungian Archetypes. Protagonist is Bruce Wayne and his actual hero role, Batman and he fights crime to save his city from chaos, which is the joker’s (the shadow) overall plan and motive. Batman has always a wise old man by his side Alfred Pennyworth as his mentor and Batman is in love with Rachel Dawes (animus). These characters all have different developed parts of their mind as we see from their actions. The Hero: Batman (Bruce Wayne) Batman went through a series of events to become the batman. Batman doesn’t want people to find out his identity and he thinks that’s what makes him a hero. Batman is smart therefore when he knew that people hate he decided to stay hidden in the bat suit and capture the bad guy known as Joker, like the time when Harvey was in the police truck after stating that he was Batman so the killing that Joker was committing would stop. Wayne is the millionaire hot boy,who spends all his time spending money and hanging out …show more content…
He had to go through various mob figures in Gotham to get ahead in society and in the criminal underworld. At first he was a thief, however, as the film progresses, Joker’s role is more defined as a criminal mastermind. His only hobby, as he puts it, “is spreading anarchy.” Joker’s true ambition is to spread chaos. In the scene when police caught Joker and Batman went to talk to him, Batman was angry and asked Joker where District Attorney Harvey Dent and his love Rachel are located. Batman unleashes a violent fury that tests his moral standards and Joker is laughing because he is getting what he wants changing batman and his number one rule” Batman doesn’t kill.” Joker is also trying to show that a hero even like Batman can fall if
The definition of a hero is subjective. Accordingly, Robert Ray believes the hero is able to be divided into three categories: the outlaw, official and composite hero. In most cases, a hero can be categorized into one of these categories. Through the examination of Jekyll and Hyde, the Batman movie from 1943, and film of Batman in 1989, qualities of the hero will be depicted as a function of time.
The Dark Knight borrowed elements from Batman: The Killing Joke, a 1988 DC Comics graphic novel, which provides an origin story for the Joker. The connection between the two leads to a similar origin story of the creation of the Joker through the influence of Batman. Batman's interference in The Killing Joke causes the Joker to leap into a chemical vat, which severely disfigures him. In The Dark Knight, the Joker himself also has multiple testimonies on how he came to be. He sometimes blames his abusive and alcoholic father for creating his mutilated smile while in a drunken rage one night. The Joker also claims that after his wife’s face was mutilated, he pulled a razor on his own to comfort her by showing that her damaged appearance didn’t bother him. After carving his own cheeks, he says that, “she couldn’t stand the sight of (him).” This disturbing attempt to make her feel better makes causes worse, resulting in his wife leaving him, furthering his mental instability. Although the scars are present on The Dark Knight version of the Joker, the rest of his appearance is cosmetic in contrast to the physiological image of the Joker from the 1989 Batman film. The Joker in The Dark Knight applies chalk white makeup to his face and dark products to blacken the spaces around his eyes. He also dyes his greasy hair green rather than having the chemically bleached green hair follicles of the 1989 Joker who fell into the bubbling green substance. Their personalities differ mainly by the 1989 Joker being more comical while The Dark Knight Joker being more psychotic. The Joker from The Dark Knight calls himself an “agent of chaos” and wishes to drag everyone down to his level of insanity and corruption rather than just kill them
The third installment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy starts eight years after The Dark Knight ends, while Batman is still struggling with the defeat he suffered at the hands of the Joker. Early on in The Dark Knight Rises, it is made clear that Bruce Wayne, the hero whom is better known as Batman, has hung up his cape and turned into a recluse. At a social event at the Wayne mansion, Gotham’s mayor, city commissioner, police chief, and other high profile officials are all seen remembering the anniversary of the death of the false hero Harvey Dent. As they pay tribute to Dent, they discuss how much Gotham’s crime problem has improved. They mention Gotham’s crime rates are at a record low, that the Batman is still being hunted for Dent’s murder, and that the Batman and Bruce Wayne have not been spotted in public for months. However, they see the Batman’s absence as a good thing. They all attribute the success of Gotham’s police force to the wave of action Dent’s death
Somebody who had established higher power in their community. Somebody who tried to run from fate, and has the moment of recognition and understanding of their destiny. Batman. Even though he is considered the strong and powerful superhero of Gotham City, Batman's characteristic features show that he relates strongly to that of a "tragic" hero. In the beginning, the Batman is presented at a higher state of appreciation, even though the police see him as a vigilante. Despite his wealth, Batman, otherwise known as Bruce Wayne, is easily relatable to audiences, which makes it easy to sympathize and empathize with the character. Batman is in a constant battle within himself, trying to be the good guy, while defeating the bad guys. His morals prove true when he admits that he won't kill any of the many villians that cause destruction for Gotham City. But, because of this moral, sometimes the villians end up escaping and doing more harm then good. In the end, this interal chaos and internal battle is seen interally and externally through Batman. At the end of the most recent Batman series, The Dark Knight, his exit at the end of the movie is, in essence, his figurative death. Bruce Wayne wants to keep Gotham City safe. And with the "Batman" gone, villians will be least likely to continue to destroy and conquer. As an audience, we cling to the edge of our seats and feel dismay for our beloved superhero and what is to become of
An archetype is a human experience or symbol that is universally known and accepted. Archetypes can be images or stories passed on through history. Carl Jung, a prominent psychiatrist in the early 1900’s, used archetypes in his theory about the human psyche and how humans can recognize these symbols because they reside in the collective human subconscious. Some common examples of archetypes are The Hero, The Mentor, The Mother, The Villain and many more. Archetypes like these can be seen in everyday things like books, tv or movies. In The Complete Stories by Zora Neale Hurston there are many different archetypes in each story but three prominent ones are The Trickster, The Devil or Evil, and The Hero. In the novel The Trickster archetype
Batman wanted to settle things with the Joker. He wanted to become friends. He wanted to stop the ongoing fight that the Joker and him were having. We will now look at the Joker. The Joker didn’t want to become friends in The Killing Joke. Therefore, Batman fought to defend Barbara and Gordon. Batman doesn’t try to intentionally hurt someone. Batman is there to protect and defend you from all harm. When your parents die, you have to mentally become stronger. Bruce Wayne had to show the world that he was strong so he became Batman. It would get him involved with changing the world for the
That is a reason why he is fighting against Batman. This is seen when he said “I don’t want to kill you.” to Batman. Because Batman is a hero everyone thinks that Joker is bad. But that is wrong. Even though he kills people he is doing it for justice but Batman thinks that joker is killing innocent people which creates confusion between him and Batman. This shows that Joker is a true vigilante because even though there is a big barrier in front of him, he will never stop trying to fix Gotham City.‘Joker kills people, that is why Batman is fighting against him.’ This statement is wrong because there is secrets behind him and he always thinks that Gotham city should be fixed.
He was faced to let the Joker murder a person everyday he didn't come forward or risk his secret identity and the people in his life get killed. While Joker and Batman were arguing Batman asks why Joker hasn't just killed him yet, and Joker was basically saying because it wouldn't be fun, so Batman says “You’re garbage. You kill for money.” Which is true, Batman is there to save innocent people and get rid of the criminals like the Joker. Batman decides to still keep his identity a secret. Batman should have just came forward so that innocent people wouldn't have had to
Batman’s character has changed throughout the 70s, 80s, and 2000s while reflecting the culture of the generations in several different ways. Batman went from a dark and brooding character who transitioned to an even darker and destructive one. These generations of Batman show cast what’s going on in the world, such as political problems, social issues, and terrorism. Batman becomes more ominous as the world changes. His character has not only portrayed society around him but, has also sent different messages which have brought people aware to some of the issues around them that they otherwise would have overlooked.
The purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with an insight into the Super Hero Series Batman. This crime fighter originally appeared in Detective Comics issue #27 in 1939. It later became a comic book series, a TV series and a movie series. The character Batman is second only to Superman as a Super Hero. Amazingly Batman has no super powers, but he does have a lot of neat crime fighting gadgets. In this paper, we will explore the creation of Batman, his supporting cast of characters both good and bad and the gadgets he used.
The classic comic book character Batman, played by Christian Bale in the motion picture has an astonishingly complex character that is illustrated well with Aristotle’s perspective. Batman has two distinct characters, the one under the mask, Bruce Wayne and the one covered by the mask, Batman. Both have different sets of virtues that the other does not necessarily have. To explain these virtues, I will attempt to do an analysis of Batman based on Aristotle’s virtue. Then I will determine if he has a good life and whether others should mimic it.
For Batman, he is a famous person with high social class. His image is a successful businessman and on the other hand he is a hero to save the city. He is very strong and well body shape. When he catches the thief, he acts independently. He will not ask for help and refuse the others involve although he gets hurt. He is very clever and very calm. He will first plan before he takes action.
Batman and police commissioner James Gordon try to rid the Gotham of organized crime while combating the rise of the menacing and terrorizing psychopath villain, the Joker. (uci.edu) It’s important to take notice of the other clowns featured throughout the movie as well as their roles in the heist. This is crucial and singles the Joker out as the odd man.
Complete. Me.” If there were no Batman there would be no one Joker would fight against since he knows that the police department will not be able to stop him without the help of the Batman. Batman and Joker are two sides of the same coin, the coin that Harvey Dent uses, at first, to “make his own luck,” and then later in his acceptance of chance as destiny. The reason why I say that Batman and Joker are two sides of the same coin is because he becomes, to society, an uncontainable force in very much the same way of Joker was, even though he is doing good. But the fact that he let 5 or so people die because he “did not” want to turn himself in the same level as Joker. The people believed that Batman couldn’t be controlled, that he has lost all respect for societal norms and the rule of law. But Batman never succumbs to his own dark, like Joker did. In the movie, Bruce Wayne says the line, “I’ve seen what I have become to fight men like him,” and he basically rejects the path he has to take to stop Joker, a man who has no rules whatsoever. For example, in the scene where Batman and Joker had a showdown and Batman was going towards Joker in his vehicle, Joker maniacally screams, “Hit me!” but as much as Batman wanted to annihilate the Joker, he knows he cannot violate his own moral code and almost sacrifices himself to prevent this from happening. Batman does not want to kill the evildoers, but to bring
The origin of these two characters is quite significant. Bruce Wayne or “Batman” is mortal and from Earth, his parents were killed in a robbery while young Bruce Wayne was spared, this creates a pivotal moment that shapes his entire life. He was raised by his butler Alfred until he was 18; it wasn’t until he was 18 years old that he traveled the world and learned various forms of martial arts and weapons training. After 7 years of traveling and discovering himself, Bruce Wayne returns home to Gotham City; which is taken over by corruption. Crime Lords run the streets along with the government positions. Bruce Wayne uses his skills along with his company (Wayne Enterprises) he becomes the Batman.