did just that. Harvy lied and claimed to be batman to protect batman’s true identity. The Joker overturned Harvey’s plan to stop corruption in the city of Gotham and to put the mob leaders in prison. A mob boss and a crooked cop help the Joker capture Harvey and Rachel; they were placed in separate buildings filled with explosives. The Joker reveals their locations to batman while under interrogation. The Joker tricks Batman into going to Dent’s location by telling him that Rachael is there. The explosives
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Alexis Hamlett Good and Evil Essay 9/29/12 Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is a reflection of how the good responds to the nature of evil. The Joker is the ultimate evil character and throughout the film he puts other characters in a tough situations that force them to choose between right and wrong and ultimately good and evil. Examples of this are seen with the characters Harvey Dent‚ Batman‚ and in the lifeboat scenario scene. The Joker’s main goal is to prove that people are truly
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One Bad Day: A Rhetorical Analysis of The Killing Joke The Joker was once seen as a comical criminal who committed ridiculously silly crimes‚ such as spreading laughing gas throughout Gotham City. However‚ after the reinvention of Batman‚ The Joker was transformed into a grave and terrorizing character. Continuing the course of the new personality given to The Joker‚ writer Alan Moore and artist Brian Bolland created a graphic novel called The Killing Joke‚ “a much more complex‚ darker‚ and ultimately
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The Dark Knight presents an apparent connection of communication through media’s influence. The movie is an example of a remake of the Batman comic book series‚ which most adults today were either a big fan of or were at least familiar with in their adolescent years. The unique quality of the Dark Knight is the popularity in both the adult age group as well as in the youth. Also one interesting facet of the movie‚ as well as in most popular films today‚ is the presence of strong violence and action
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Knight” is my favorite movie. In this Batman movie we are introduced to the villainous roll of the Joker‚ and also Harvey Dent‚ aka Two-Face. Heath Ledger is the actor who plays the Joker‚ and he does it well. He really makes you feel as though he actually enjoys the mayhem and destruction that the Joker causes‚ which is what moviegoers like to see in a villain. You could almost say that the Joker/Heath Ledger is what “makes” this movie. Aaron Eckhart also does a great job fulfilling the roll of
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The notorious Joker is constantly giving him a new task to complete in a certain amount of time - it could be hours‚ days‚ or even weeks. This restriction of time leads Batman to constantly be on his feet‚ and now he is having the decision of a life time -it is the
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when the Joker gave Batman two choices‚ whether to save Gotham’s white knight Harvey Dent or his childhood friend Rachel Dawes. In the film‚ the Joker purposely locked himself up making the police think they were in power. However in reality‚ this is exactly what the Joker wanted. While in custody‚ Batman interrogates the Joker. With Harvey and Rachel nowhere to be found Batman tries to get their location from the Joker. In this scene Batman asks why he wants to kill him‚ but the Joker lets out
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desperation the mob turns to a psychotic mastermind called only ‘The Joker’ and Gotham rapidly descends into chaos. As Bruce Wayne tries to deal with his toughest adversary yet he must deal also with his internal conflicts and the horrific consequences both his and the Joker’s actions have. One idea ‘The Dark Knight’ taught me about our world is how easily society can cross from order into complete anarchy. During this film Joker threatens to blow up a hospital if a certain man is not killed‚ ‘If
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ignorance‚ despair‚ and the unknown. The use of this archetypical antithesis throughout the whole movie is an allusion to the two sides of justice: the “white side” and the “dark side.” Terrorism is represented by the criminal mastermind known as “The Joker‚” a cynical clown that is very similar to Islamic terrorists‚ an archetype of the devil figure. The most prevalent real life terrorist in current world news is Osama bin Laden‚ the head of al Qaeda. He plans and orders attacks onto specific targets
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television show and movies; the character the Joker is the king of Sociopaths. He again and again commits crimes with no hint of remorse. The Joker has much charm. He charmed his way into convincing a psychiatric counselor into letting him out of his holding cell. He convinced her that they were meant for each other. This same psychiatric counselor would end up being his infamous partner in crime Harley Quin‚ who continually falls for the Joker’s charm. The Joker is very manipulative as well. He believes
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