Watchmen Critical Theory

According to Robert Cox, problem solving theory “takes the world as it finds it, with the prevailing social and power relationships and the institutions into which they are organised, as the given framework for action. The general aim of problem-solving is to make these relationships and institutions work smoothly by dealing effectively with particular sources of trouble” (Cox 1981, 128-129). And critical theory, “does not take institutions and social and power relations for granted but calls them into question by concerning itself with their origins and how and whether they might be in the process of changing. … Critical theory is directed to the social and political complex as a whole rather than to the separate parts” (Cox 1981: 129). G.I.
“In an alternate 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it”(IMDb). Watchmen is nothing like your favourite childhood superheroes, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons Watchmen is darker than your stereotypical comic book superhero, it has death… a lot of death. “I suppose I was just thinking, ‘That’d be good way to start a comic book: have a famous super-hero found dead.’ As the mystery unravelled, we would be led deeper and deeper into the real heart of this super-hero’s world, and show a reality that was very different to the general public image of the super-hero”(Moore, Wikipedia). Watchmen does not feature one ideology, it features many, each character has their own ideology and set of beliefs. For instance Rorschach is seen by readers to be the hero of the novel, because he appears as the main protagonist, even though he has right wing and near fascist views. The next character is The Comedian, The comedian doesn’t really believe in any ideology because he thinks the world is to end and that war is inevitable, so any political attempt to make people get along was all a big joke to him. So after some research, the comedian’s ideology is nihilist, which is basically saying that he has no ideology, he is an extreme skeptic. Moving on to the next character’s ideology is Ozymandias as he represents the capitalist ideology, according to Merriam-Webster.com “An economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market”. Ozymandias represents capitalism due to him owning Pyramid industries, an island, etc. all ties into him having a