Two-Face

monster’s actions can also lead to a fracturing of categorization, such as in The Dark Knight (2008) when Gotham’s district attorney Harvey Dent becomes the villainous Two-Face. Throughout the movie, Dent evolves from a symbol of hope and justice, to a vengeful anarchist determined to decide various characters’

difference between good and evil. Mr. Hyde is the evil side of Dr. Jekyll. When Mr. Hyde was mentioned around Dr. Jekyll, his face turned pale and asked to drop the subject. It would appear that there are two different people being represented but something else seems to be going on. Based on information from the story, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are the same person but with two different personalities. The physical features that Mr. Hyde had was that he was pale with a displeasing smile

Throughout “The Dark Knight” by Christopher Nolan crime and deviance is seen throughout the film. Crime and deviance in The Dark Knight has two faces as society accepts crime for those whose are helping them and at the same time punishes those who are punished. Society in Gotham accepts crime when the Batman commits it to help for the betterment of society; however, crime is not accepted when it is committed by mob bosses, gangs, criminal cops, and most importantly through the joker. The forms of

incidents he went through as a child, so he became the Batman. The Batman consists of a complete head to toe suit of black with a cape of black. The suit has a black bat on the chest and a belt on the waist that is a yellow metallic color. His head has two small “ears” on it to represent bat ears. The Joker has a yellow, white, purple, and green suit. He

1943), a mere 4 years after his introduction in 1939. Throughout his tenured career Batman has faced numerous villains, each of them reinforcing the themes of evil vs good, power, and anarchy vs order. The themes are especially prevalent when Batman faces off against his arch-rival, and foil, the Joker. In The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan, 2008) these themes are perfectly encapsulated in the Joker interrogation scene. Almost an hour and half into the film is when the interrogation scene takes place

the antagonist Hyde evolves and dominates the protagonist consciousness, Jekyll large handsome facial features darkens. His lips turn pale and black circles develop around his eyes. There are two Victorian standards good against evil and historical events identifying two different characteristics. These two distinct desires one from consciousness and the other from the unconscious realm of desire. In fact the conscious desires drive the action of a story. The character defect or flaw ignites the

Understanding the Modern Medieval Hero While the heroes themselves were crafted in time periods far apart, the foundation for Batman’s character can be traced back to Beowulf. This ‘character’ of The Hero is considered to be the ever-evolving foundation for many of the super-heroic characters prevalent in modern media. Batman and Beowulf in particular; as heroes they are strong, swift. As men they are sought after and considered the would be pinnacle of ‘attractive’ for their times. Being born of

became unable to return to his normal form and killed himself. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are mentally different due to Dr. Jekyll being kind and considerate, while Hyde has no conscience. The two are physically different because Jekyll is completely ordinary, while Hyde is slightly deformed. The two are morally different from each other also. Jekyll couldn't hurt a fly, while Hyde has no way to keep himself from killing others.

Everyone knows who Batman is. Batman has many different monikers, from “The Dark Knight” to “Gotham's White Light” He is the hero of Gotham City. However, he is not the perfect superhero. Whenever he is fighting a villian such as the Joker and Bane, his methods are unorthodox to the average superhero. The way Batman fights crime, destroying the enviroment to do whatever it takes to stop the villian, and involving collateral damage, makes him a failed hero. Batman's vengance starts out in Batman

child’s body and left her screaming on the ground.” (Stevenson, 7) The author created a mood of pain and agony. To find the mood there are two keywords, trampled, because Hyde’s murdering an innocent girl and screaming because she’s dying harshly. This quote characterizes Mr. Hyde, because it clearly tells the reader this is the spiteful personality of the two. The author writes, “...he was trampling his victim underfoot.” (Stevenson, 27) The