death of the citizens; wouldn’t you bend the rules and break a few laws to make sure it all went in your favor? Batman is the anti-hero because he goes outside the law to protect the citizens of Gotham, he does this because of selfish reasons instead of being selfless. The Dark Night uses the idea of how far one is willing to bend the rules in time of emergency. Batman strives to be the hero, to save everyone. The madness has been unleashed and at this point it seems nearly impossible to go back to
Just Battle Batman and Joker or “J” and “B”: it stand for “just battle”. Who is the craziest comic book villain ? The Joker! Who is the darkest hero? Batman! They are world-famous rivals, and in their battles they use everything they have: wisdom, power, technology, dangerous weapons—even the authority of God. The struggle involve madness and death. Who is the Joker?(Question) He is the embodiment of the darkest places in human nature;he is evil made flesh. If you love him,it reflects your
The Dark Knight Rises is the third and final movie in Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy. In this action filled movie, Batman has to fight his latest villain, an unstoppable and inhumane man named Bane. The movie takes place about eight years after Batman took the blame for Harvey Dent’s death. Since then, Batman has stayed secluded from the world and simply watched from his window. Before Bane arrives, the Dent Act was keeping the streets clean of criminals. However, after Bane arrives, he terrorizes
My game review will be on Batman: Arkham city. An action and strategy packed game playable on the Xbox360, PS3, and Windows. The game follows the life of Bruce Wayne, or his undercover identity, Batman; and the struggles he faces of fighting is own inner demons about straddling the line of never killing anyone and helping Gotham city stay safe at the same time. The topics that we will analyze in this game are interpretation of masculinity, differences in the story when the protagonist is a female
introduction of the main antagonist, The Joker played by Heath Ledger. Next, the appearance of main protagonist doing what he does best, fighting crime. Yes, that masked vigilante/hero’s name is Batman played by Christian Bale . After the establishment
be relatable to the humans he’s trying to protect, one must question how to reconcile the two Superman characters. One must also pose the question of what makes a true superhero in comparison to a hero. In Snyder’s story arc, Superman kills General Zod to save a family. Yet in Ross’s story arc, even when his wife was killed, he did not seek revenge, but rather justice for the murder of the man who killed her. Would a true hero not seek justice for his own family first? After Superman retires, the
Jingyi Chen Professor: Stein, Scott Course: Superheroes in America HNRS 201 Are Superman and Batman the heroes Aristotle wants? Aristotle says “everything in the world, whether natural or artificial, had some essence that distinguished it from all other things” (c.330 B.C). The Superhero is a unique and significant part of American culture and many people grew up with the stories. Superheroes stories entertains and teaches them patriotism, responsibility, justice and
ever exist, was a hero simultaneously loved and hated by his people of Uruk. Gilgamesh and his partner Enkidu are comparable to Batman and Robin. Batman’s parents had died when he was young, while Gilgamesh was 2/3 god so he had present parents. Batman’s quest was to revenge on criminals and Gilgamesh is to find immortality. Both have best friends and sidekicks that spend all their time together, Batman has Robin and Gilgamesh has Enkidu. Both stories include one major enemy. Batman and Robin have
For more than 70 years the battle between Batman and Superman has been hitting the headlines, on which superhero is better. In this essay their abilities, greatest assets, as well as their similarities will be covered. Batman in my eyes is the better Superhero because, as a human he is well over the expertise of any human. While Superman is nothing without his birth being on Krypton(an alien planet with civilization like our own). Batman has genius-level intellect, great physical and mental conditioning
However, it is important to note that these arguments are not that convincing to discredit the notion and concept of a hero. This is because throughout history individuals especially men (due to the masculinity of the previous societies) have always looked and found heroes to cover for their failures, embody their aspirations, and inspire them to come up with new ways to achieve their goals and develop humanity. Lindberg echoes similar sentiment by outlining that humankind still needs heroes but