Existentialism in The Dark Knight By: Cassidy Bannan Teacher: Mrs.Conlon Course Code: ENG4U Due Date: March 8‚ 2012 “When you take charge of your life‚ there is no longer need to ask permission of other people or society at large. When you ask permission‚ you give someone veto power over your life”. The 2008 film‚ The Dark Knight‚ directed by Christopher Nolan‚ demonstrates the actions and choices being made while still being true to one self. The film represents one’s interior motives and
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The Joker In the film‚ The Dark Knight directed by Christopher Nolan‚ The Joker‚ one of Batman’s most dangerous enemies whose aim is too push Batman to his ultimate limits‚ to break his personal rules and strict moral code. This‚ being the Jokers only reason to live‚ he has no fear of death and pain. The Joker is characterised as a calculating and logical criminal‚ a rebel with minimal empathy or moral and a nemesis who commits purposeless crime. Together these characteristics are developed through
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cheap Halloween like costumes‚ The Dark Knight on the other hand used it $250 million budget wisely. It’s hard to compare these two movies‚ for it’s a shame to compare such a great movie to such a waste of time (The Avengers). The Dark Knight follows Harvey Dent; Gotham’s new district attorney as he tries to take on the mob who is led by the Joker‚ Gotham has a hero whom the Joker is trying to unmask called Batman who is Bruce Wane. Many character later in the movie find themselves falling into the
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McFadden 2/3/2013 English 1020 The Dark Knight Trailer Analysis The Dark Knight was made in 2008 and had a stellar cast including Heath Ledger‚ Christian Bale and Morgan Freeman. The Dark Knight was portrayed in many different ways‚ by an animated series‚ movies in the 90’s‚ but the best take on the comic book favorite is the dark and twisted version directed by Christopher Nolan. The shots of explosions as well as Batman jumping off buildings‚ really puts The Dark Knight into the action genre. Nolan
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years through the world of crime writer’s to the year 2008 we discover the film "The Dark Knight" directed by Christopher Nolan. This most recent instalment of "Batman" fits appropriately into the hard-boiled sub-genre of crime-fiction. It meets many of the conventions but‚ like in "Rear Window"‚ subverts several conventions to better serve the composer’s purpose. As with most hard-boiled crime texts‚ "The Dark Knight" has a metropolitan setting. The citizens of Gotham city have grown to depend on ‘Batman’
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Shakespeare . This book is about a jealous husband who is deceived by his close friend and kills his wife in the end. The movie the dark knight was directed by Christopher Nolan . the movie the dark knight is about a man named Batman who fights against evil to protect Gotham city. In the play Othello the character Iago has a lot in common with the Joker from the movie the Dark Knight . A famous poet W. H Auden has a definition for a villain ‚ a motiveless malignant ‚ and a joker. The Joker and Iago
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future.” (Bruce Wayne) Harvey Dent‚ white knight‚ saviour and “hero” of the infamous Gotham. Batman on the other hand‚ is the Dark Knight and the troubled hero who chose his identity over the people. Many believe that the movie the Dark Knight‚ communicates to viewers the superficial perspective of Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey. However‚ Batman transcends that perspective of true heroism and what it means to be a hero. The underlying message in which the movie argues is that the whole concept of heroism
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“The Dark Knight of a Postmodern World” “The Dark Knight” is a film based on DC comic book character Batman and his fight to protect his home‚ Gotham City‚ from the antagonist‚ the Joker. Director Chris Nolan provides the viewer with not only an action film‚ but also a thought-provoking masterpiece. The film focuses on the thin line between sanity (Batman) and madness (Joker) and how anyone can easily turn from good to evil‚ the example being Harvey Dent becoming Two-Face in such a short
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In the deep and dark shadows of Gotham city is a hero‚ The Dark Knight‚ or as many people know him: Batman. The Dark Knight is the second film in the Batman trilogy. The story follows the relentless conflict involving Batman and his nemesis‚ “The Joker.” He ends up teaming up with the mob in Gotham against Batman‚ to take him down. The Joker attempts to lure Batman out by saying he’ll start killing people if he didn’t reveal himself. Recognizing that Batman wouldn’t do it‚ District Attorney‚ Harvey
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Moral Realism v. Moral Relativism In the movie The Dark Knight‚ Batman is faced with a new challenge—dealing with the Joker. Batman‚ and the city of Gotham‚ views the Joker as a mysterious‚ sadistic criminal who is a freak of nature. However‚ the challenge becomes very personal for Batman as the Joker confronts Batman about everything he believes in. The Joker does this because he has a very relativistic view on life. Even though he murders innocent people‚ tortures others for amusement‚ and manipulates
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