From this point on Batman reflects the characteristics of The Woodward as he focuses all of his energy into being a warrior and stopping the joker. The Batman has a dramatic fight with the joker and eventually captures him alive. However, The joker has a manic laugh when he finally looks Batman in the eye and reveals that he sees this night as a victory. The Joker is proud as he boasts of his greatest achievement. He claims “I took Gotham's white knight and I brought him down to our level. It wasn't hard. You see, madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push!” (Nolan, Dark Knight). Bruce immediately leaves to find Dent, but it was too late, by the time he finds him Dents is holding commissioner Gordon’s Family at gunpoint. …show more content…
While he did manage to capture the joker, the joker ended up being correct. He predicted earlier that night that Batman would break his one rule (his no killing rule), and ultimately Batman did. In saving Gordon’s son he throws Harvey off the side of a building and kills him. But perhaps the more crushing defeat is the moral one. Batman couldn’t save Harvey Dent. Harvey turned into a murderer and a maniac, therefore the Joker was right; Gotham’s white Knight had truly fallen. At this point Batman can choose to accept his defeat and let Harvey’s legacy be destroyed by what the joker did, but somewhere along his journey to self actualization Bruce Wayne realized the importance of a symbol, a figure people could turn to to give them hope in desperate times. Harvey was already that figure, and Bruce Wayne was willing to do anything to preserve that image. Bruce decided he would take the fall for Harvey’s crime, because, as commissioner Gordon says, “he's the hero Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll hunt him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a silent guardian. A watchful protector. A Dark Knight” (Nolan, Dark Knight). In choosing to persecute Batman the idea is reinforced that Batman isn’t a Hero people to turn to for hope. Bruce won’t get any praise for his actions, but his unselfish acts
Batman is more of a vigilante than a hero considering he has the ability to stop crime but doesn’t. He prances about “protecting” the city of Gotham but doesn’t stop the crimes that are happening every day, which include robberies, home invasions, along with car thefts. People might vocalize that a single person could not stop every crime, while this is the case, Batman does not show even the slightest mindset to stop even one petty crime. The only people he tries to stop are super villains, which were once petty robbers turned to mass murders. If Batman stopped superficial crimes, then there would not be supervillains that went about destroying the world. In the real world, people are turning into greater heroes than Batman by stopping crime before it happens. “While he was trying to rob from the clerk, a bystander fought and stabbed the
Many of us consider Batman the emotionless dark knight, the one who fights crime under the cover of darkness, the one superhero to uses a fear factor to play in his role. What most people don’t see is his everything good that he stands for. As a child, Thomas and Martha Wayne were murdered during a mugging, right beside Bruce. Bruce was spared and the complications of that night would reach down, deep into his core lasting with him forever. Bruce uses this internal struggle as a way only to make him stronger and in that moment he instantly becomes the symbol to all of mankind as the growth of strength in the face of tragedy and despair. Throughout Batmans career, he fails on multiple occasion being beaten down mentally, emotionally, physically
The events that occurred in the conclusion of the film The Dark Knight also show how a noble lie can be used for good. Throughout the film, Batman works with the Commissioner Jim Gordon and Harvey Dent to take down the mob that has been corrupting the streets of Gotham, as well as by suppressing the terror and anarchy spread by a chaotic criminal, the Joker. Batman does what he does to protect the citizens of Gotham City even though he is viewed as a vigilante and hated by the
He is still recovering from the loss of the so called “love of his life” Rachel Dawes, who died during the events of the “The Dark Knight.” His only company is his loyal butler Alfred, who still looks after Bruce & manages Wayne Manor. Bruce is waiting at this point, waiting for something to do, waiting for something bad to happen so that he can don the mask and cape again as Batman. As Alfred quotes during the film “You’re not living – you’re waiting. Hoping for things to go bad again.” But when a new threat to Gotham emerges out of the darkness of the sewers underneath Gotham, one which the Harvey Dent Act can’t protect Gotham against, Bruce Wayne comes out of hiding as Batman to fight Bane & his army. What he has been waiting for, waiting for over 8 years for has finally come. “If this man is
In the movie there is a District Attorney, Harvey Dent who is a moral and caring man that after being grotesquely disfigured by Batman’s arch nemesis “The Joker”, becomes hateful, seeking vengeance on all the people he considers culpable for his tragedy. Even Batman, in his determination to catch the “Joker” begins to ignore his moral code and justify injustice.
”(Batman: The Killing Joke). Batman when fight with crimes, he fights it with some restrictions, because he believe in justice is for all and all deserve a chance that why he is never willing to kill Joker, and whenever he catches him he put him in the Arkham Asylum. In all the Batman series, it is high lightened that if one wants to make a change in the world he simply can’t fight with rules and ordeals of the world which is conveyed by one of the dialogue by Harvey Dent a.k.a Two- Face to Batman, “You thought we could be decent men in an indecent time. But you were wrong.
The city in Gotham is in chaos. They no longer know what they stand for and are starting to wonder if fighting evil is, in fact, creating more evil. One man who stands strong even when the public is second-guessing is Harvey Dent played by Aaron Eckhart. He is the new district attorney and is respected by the entire city for stopping corruption all over the town. He is a clean-shaven man with blonde hair and blue eyes who presents himself as a very proper man. This mise en scene proves that this man is a good man. If he were unshaven, had dark eyes, and dark hair it would be hard to consider him a truly good man. The director realizes this may not be true with everyone but it is a typical stereotype in our society today. As the movie goes on the enemy, who is forcing him to second-guess his values, tests him time and time again. Being an honest man is no longer putting criminals away; they are always one step ahead. By the end of the film, the Joker crushes Harvey’s values and blinds him from what his true goals were in life. His two-sided face shows this visually after being burned in the explosion. Also, Harvey has a coin with a head printed on both sides. This coin never can land on tails but Harvey
Even though he kills, he also promises Gotham an auspicious future. This shows how the Joker sets himself apart from these other villains and also shows how shines as a hero. The Joker reflects his strong heroic motives through his actions. What is the point in trying to fix something that is too far broken to be fixed. The Joker proves this to be true with the city of Gotham with his tests and choices he presents.
But his “non-plan” and him getting “caught” is the work of a mastermind and far from being chaotic or meaningless. Just when you think the good guys (Batman, Lt Gordon, Harvey Dent) have prevailed, the Jokers minute planning comes right back to hurt them in ways they could not imagine, by killing long friend time Rachel Dawes and burning half of Harvey Dent’s face off, thus turning him into
The Joker, is a purposeless criminal. He will destroy anything, or anyone who gets in his way, just to accomplish his goal, to break Batman's personal rules, to never kill or harm anyone, but to save Gotham City from danger and
Hero and enemy of Gotham, richest man in the city while fighting crime in an all black suit. Ridiculous as it may sound, this fictional character, Bruce Wayne a.k.a Batman, is one of the many superheroes who children and teens look up to today as their inspiration. Arguably, it may only be because he has state of the art gadgets that allow him to climb walls which excites the audience, I like to think that his story has somewhat of an affect as well. Worth billions and owning top companies, Bruce was not prepared for the murder of his mother and father leaving him with just his butler and a horrible secret. Wayne Enterprises, grandest name in Gotham city, was killing people off 1 by 1 and as a result, regular civilians began to kill and paint
He then quit his job to pursue a standup comedy career. After failing miserably at comedy and with a pregnant wife at home, he agrees to help two criminals break into his old chemical lab where he used to work as an engineer. After learning that his wife had been killed in an accident, he attempted to withdraw from the plan only to be pressured forward by the criminals. The two criminals force him to wear the Red mask implicating him as the leader of the crime group. At the chemical plant the criminals are gunned down and he is confronted by the Batman.
Joker intends to make Batman be like him, a killer. Joker doesn’t seem to comprehend Batman’s morality and seeks to see the errors in his morals. Knowing so well that Batman can't kill, Joker goes ahead and kills Batman's close associate Jason Todd and shoots Gordon’s daughter Barbra (White 5-16). Joker then tortures Gordon before he is rescued by Batman when he subdues him. Batman offers to rehabilitate Joker and end their long-time enmity.
After eight years under the terrorizing of The Joker, The Batman has dissapeared during the state of peace. Locking himself inside the newly built maynor refusing to come out Bruce Wayne has nearly bankrupted Wayne Enterprises funding the new machine to purify Gotham 's water supply, it is quickly closed down after hearing about how easy it is to weaponize it to a nuclear bomb. The now infamous Batman hated for killing Harvey Dent (Harvey Dent had turned to Joker 's side after the death of his fiance and later killed himself) is said that he will be turned into the authorities and caught. Before Commisioner Gordon reveals that teh Batman is innocent, Gordon is shot
Batman is one of the many fictional superheroes which appears in the “American comic books” that is published by the DC comics. The character is a secret identity for Bruce Wayne, the only heir to Wayne Enterprises. Bruce Wayne swore an oath of vengeance when he witnessed the death of his parents;Thomas Wayne and Martha Wayne (Diamond, 2015). Bat man combats criminals in Gotham: a fictional city, with assistance from various characters, for example, his butler Alfred and Gordon; Gotham city police commissioner. Unlike many of the superheroes characters, Batman possesses no powers .Bruce Wayne trained himself intellectually and physically .it is from dedication to training he possessed the useful traits of physical prowess, martial arts skills, detective skills and indomitable will to fight for justice. Though his motive is to combat crime and protect people of Gotham city from criminals, the justice system in most of the times views Batman as a villain and vigilante. He can inflict fear to Gotham city criminals thereby bringing calmness to the city. I identify myself with the Batman character through his selfless will for justice, his strong determination to do good