The Avengers through a Critical Lense

The movie Avengers is viewed to many as simply a story of different heroes getting called together to fight a villain. As simple as this sounds, the plot is actually complex revealing many hidden meanings when dissected through various lenses. If one were to criticize the film through a philosophical lense, it is possible to see which morals each character has and to what extent they are willing to defend those morals. For example, Captain America will always put himself behind those who are in need due to the fact that he feels the burden of falling into a deep sleep and missing his lover constantly. By bringing each unique hero out of his or her own world to unite together, each individual in some way shares the responsibilities of the others. When thrown in with others to work together, the natural competitiveness of humans is elicited. When brought to show who his or own personality and strengths are, each character is able to find his or herself. The Avengers is viewed completely through the sides good versus evil. However, this is solely through the eyes of the outer skin of the film. Loki is viewed as the villain because of how he comes to take and change the Earth. It is commonly assumed that he is doing this out of hatred with pure evil intentions. However, he could simply be coming to make changes for the better from the so called “heroes”. Who decides what is right and what is wrong? What is considered to be “for the best”? Humans could be the true wrong-doers. Loki could be coming to eliminate the evil on the planet. These united “heroes” could simply be a united team of villains working together killing off the “good guys”. Humans and heroes could actually the evil side fighting off those who are coming to save them. The Black Widow in the film displays how women have overcome sexist discrimination in means of being in control but are still viewed to others as weak. In one of the opening scenes of the movie, she is chained to a chair