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    lines that represents the dramatic irony is when Mercutio receives a wound which he calls a scratch‚ but he knows it is fatal. Up until then Mercutio was the life and soul of the party. He’s a bit eccentric and enjoys having a good time. He is the joker of the group and gravity is alien to him‚ so there is irony in his words when he is dying.One of the ways Shakespeare presents conflict and violence in act 3:1 is dramatic irony to represent conflict and violence as we know Romeo is married to Juliet

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    Justice In The Dark Knight

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    law. In a similar corner as Batman is Rachel. Rachel is driven by the need to uphold the law. She does not like the idea of Batman‚ and instead feels that all actions should be performed entirely within the law. In the opposite corner is the Joker. The Joker is a man who wants to show people’s “true nature” through chaos. He takes heed to neither morality nor law. And then we have Harvey Dent. Harvey starts the movie as a great good guy‚ morally in between Rachel and Batman. He operates within the

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    A comparison of recordings of Bob Dylan’s "All along the Watchtower" by Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix offers a vivid case study of what Samuel Floyd characterizes as "the complementary oppositions of African- and European-derived musical processes and events." The song itself draws together elements of ballad and blues traditions; and the two recordings treat this synthesis in very different ways even as they share the common ground of late 1960s rock. Dylan’s is a spare‚ acoustic folk-rock rendition

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    other villains. In the graphic novel The Joker: Devil’s Advocate‚ the Joker is reported to have killed well over 2‚000 people. Despite having murdered enough people to get the death penalty thousands of times over‚ he is always found not guilty by reason of insanity. I has been often said that the Joker may not be insane‚ but instead has some sort of "super-sanity" in which he re-creates himself each day to cope with the chaos of his criminal life. The Joker has a questionable past due to the multiple

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    a simple answer‚ such as believing in a God or creator‚ instead of searching for a more philosophical or logical answer. Of course‚ there are always certain exceptions to the rule. In this case‚ they are the jokers in our society‚ who are represented by Hans Thomas‚ his father‚ and the joker/midget from the magical island. Jostein

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    References: Accessed on 26/07/12 Azzarello‚ Brian (writer)‚ Bermejo‚ Lee (artist)‚ Gray‚ Mick (illustrator).] (2008) Joker Nolan‚ Christopher. (2005) Batman Begins‚ Warner Bros. Pictures Accessed 14/07/12 Nolan‚ Christopher. (2008) The Dark Knight‚ Warner Bros. Pictures Accessed 14/07/12 Vonnegut‚ Kurt. (2003) Slaughterhouse Five. New York: Harper Collins.

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    side to them because seemingly vast majorities of people are scared of the ‘joker’ type characters introduced to them through all kinds of media. There is the party clown who terrifies most children and then there is the ‘joker’ in Batman movies‚ whom plays the villain. This example can of course only work for those who have experienced joker characters before reading The Native American Trickster Tales. Tricksters and jokers alike happen to be scary and comedic at the same time. The Native American

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    Baughn 1 Jonathan Baughn Professor Spencer English 123 1 March 2012 Archetypes in Mythological Stories An archetype is defined as an original model on which similar things are patterned (Archetypes). They are reoccurring themes that represent experiences. The power of the archetype comes from their ability to evoke themes that a mast majority of people can relate to (Archetypes). Myths and other stories that have been told for generations have had a significant impact on

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    about the most amount of happiness for the most amount of people. An example to show this is The Joker and Batman‚ should batman kill the Joker? From a utilitarian’s perspective‚ they would say yes kill The Joker because only one person is killed and it is saving more people and bringing happiness to them. Another group is called absolutists; an absolutist would say no you should not kill The Joker because no matter what the moral rule should never be broken‚ the moral rule is you should never

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    Beowulf and Batman are heroic figures as they display true qualities of a hero. Beowulf is a hero‚ because he protected the village Hrothgar let him stay at incase Grendel came around. Batman is a hero‚ because he protected Gotham City from the joker trying to take over Gotham City. Batman and Beowulf have the similarities of being very strong. SECTION HEADER Beowulf is always trying to help other people even if it means putting his life in danger(prezi.com). Beowulf said “If the combat kills me

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