Superheroes In The Series 'Daredevil'
Ralph Mitchell
Dr. Dana Prodoehl
English 105
24 October, 2015
Superheroes are the coolest thing since sliced bread these days. With moves like “Avengers”, “Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Ant-Man” as well as television shows like “Arrow”, “The Flash”, and “Agents of Shield” superheroes are all the rage with the youngsters. One of these shows is Marvel Studios “Daredevil”, a series about a blind lawyer by day but a masked vigilante by night in a fictional section of New York City called Hell’s Kitchen. The titular star is Matt Murdock, who was blinded as a young boy when pushing an old man out of the way of some hazardous materials that were spilling off of a truck. Although he was blinded, Murdock’s other senses increased greatly …show more content…
Some factors of an event that can lead to psychological trauma include if it happened unexpectedly, you were unprepared, you felt powerless to prevent it, and someone was intentionally cruel (Robinson ¶ 4). The beat down Daredevil gives the Russians certainly fits all of those. He very clearly (from the watchers point of view) is hiding in the shadows whenever able, and wears an entirely black suit which adds to his element of surprise. The Russians probably could not even physically see him coming or from where he attacked them and there were no previous reports of a masked vigilante, so there is no way they could have been prepared for something like that. Having been caught with their metaphorical pants down and having no clue Daredevil even existed, the Russians must have felt like there was nothing they could have done to prevent his arrival. The final point towards psychological trauma is that Daredevil assaulted them pretty badly as evidenced in the previous paragraph, to the point of potentially defining it as cruelty. Leaving your opponent unconscious is one thing, but possibly crippled for life or even dead is quite
Dr. Dana Prodoehl
English 105
24 October, 2015
Superheroes are the coolest thing since sliced bread these days. With moves like “Avengers”, “Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Ant-Man” as well as television shows like “Arrow”, “The Flash”, and “Agents of Shield” superheroes are all the rage with the youngsters. One of these shows is Marvel Studios “Daredevil”, a series about a blind lawyer by day but a masked vigilante by night in a fictional section of New York City called Hell’s Kitchen. The titular star is Matt Murdock, who was blinded as a young boy when pushing an old man out of the way of some hazardous materials that were spilling off of a truck. Although he was blinded, Murdock’s other senses increased greatly …show more content…
Some factors of an event that can lead to psychological trauma include if it happened unexpectedly, you were unprepared, you felt powerless to prevent it, and someone was intentionally cruel (Robinson ¶ 4). The beat down Daredevil gives the Russians certainly fits all of those. He very clearly (from the watchers point of view) is hiding in the shadows whenever able, and wears an entirely black suit which adds to his element of surprise. The Russians probably could not even physically see him coming or from where he attacked them and there were no previous reports of a masked vigilante, so there is no way they could have been prepared for something like that. Having been caught with their metaphorical pants down and having no clue Daredevil even existed, the Russians must have felt like there was nothing they could have done to prevent his arrival. The final point towards psychological trauma is that Daredevil assaulted them pretty badly as evidenced in the previous paragraph, to the point of potentially defining it as cruelty. Leaving your opponent unconscious is one thing, but possibly crippled for life or even dead is quite