What Does Daredevil Mean

Daredevil

Narrative

The narrative has an explanatory function (Jean-Francois Lyotard, 1984) and is used in the stereotypical way to of flashbacks explain the back-story of a superhero.

Daredevil starts with a flashback of how he ‘gained his powers’, which was through a car accident and chemical spill which caused him to lose his sight as a child. This is typical of the superhero genre and follows the narrative you would expect as it has been used in so many superhero and marvel films and shows previously to explain the back story to the audience early on to maximise their understanding.

However Barthes argues (1977) although that narrative gives life to a text, it’s the plot, image and sequence which creates its meaning. Daredevil supports this as the

Arguably the worst portrayed is class, Wilson Fisk, the ‘bad guy’ is shown as lower class as a child and looked down upon. He then reaches the other end of the spectrum by being upper class/rich and is thus isolated from being of a higher class then the shows target audience. On the other hand, Daredevil is working class but shown as working hard. Working class is seen as better then those of benefits, who appear to be doing nothing (Deveraux, 2013). Daredevil is shown to be working both as a superhero and lawyer and therefore is more liked.

Another marginalization is through gender; women are often under represented or misrepresented (Rawok 1990). Although three women have key roles both of which have romantic storylines. Which is not uncommon for marvel films that regularly been accused of marginalizing women characters. (Roz, Kaveney 2008) Despite their moves into more female characters many are still romantically linked to a male character (usually of a higher stance) particularly Vanessa Marianna who’s only role is Wilson Fisk’s love interest with little substance and no