Batman puts down an insurrection at Arkham Asylum when one of the guards is paid to release the inmates. Returning to his public life‚ Bruce Wayne unveils his massive new development plans to bring Gotham City into the future. Harvey Bullock discovers a tortured murder victim pinned to the wall of his apartment with numerous knives bearing an owl insignia. They find a hidden message on the wall saying that "Bruce Wayne will die tomorrow‚" and Batman finds Dick Grayson’s DNA under the victim’s fingernails
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Potter: A Hero’s Journey Joseph Campbell’s monomyth of The Hero’s Journey is just a basic pattern about how a hero goes about their journey. There are three main categories which include: the departure‚ trials and victories of initiation‚ and return and reintegration into society. Each of these main categories includes seventeen subcategories that go more in depth about the journey. All of the Harry Potter movies could apply to Joseph Campbell’s monomyth of the hero’s journey. Harry Potter and the
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won several awards‚ including Oscars and Golden Globes. One example of heroism in film is Batman. Originally appearing in comic books‚ the character Bruce Wayne takes on the identity of Batman in order to fight evil in Gotham City. In the original Batman film‚ as well as the sequels‚ Batman fights various evil characters‚ saves innocent people‚ and restores order in the city of Gotham. Neither Batman‚ nor Bruce Wayne‚ receives any form of compensation for‚ or personal benefit from‚ performing
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reasons‚ is off-putting to many. To challenge the significance of one’s life is not a physical‚ but a moral and existential challenge. Chief among those peeved is the Batman‚ who represents the pinnacle of human capability. Batman’s prime rule to not kill‚ is pushed to the limit‚ especially in the face of a monster like the Joker. Batman does not give up this rule at any cost‚ and gains the respect of the Joker. According to German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche‚ men are whimsical with their values
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backing isn’t always a necessary component in the existence of the hero‚ without it a hero may suffer an early retirement. The batman trilogies final movie‚ Dark Knight Rises provides evidence of this as without the backing of Gotham citizens; batman has taken an early retirement after being discouraged to be the dark crusader. The rise of the villain Bane forces batman out of retirement and bring forth not only hope and stability to otherwise desolated Gotham but also reignited faith in
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may appear different than those of ancient Greece‚ but in many ways these themes remain prevalent. One example of a movie that contains mythological and archetypal themes is “The Dark Knight” by Christopher Nolan. This film is about the character Batman or also known as Bruce Wayne‚ who is in a battle to protect Gotham city from the Joker and other dark forces. The three main mythological themes that are most prevalent in this film are the villain or the trickster‚ the hero and the mentor. First
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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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The idea of abstract concepts has tantalized man since he gained some sense of consciousness; indeed‚ the cave paintings in Lascaux symbolize early man’s desires to understand his concrete world through abstract constructs. The scholarly interpretation of the Lascaux paintings is that early man worshiped the animals and by painting‚ he was thought to invoke its powers. The significance of this scholarly approach is that those scholars were evaluating and interpreting the paintings with their own
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Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) was a Russian philosopher from early 20th century‚ famous for his studies on carnival in the Middle Ages. He believed that the medieval carnival was the purest sense of carnival and that modern carnival is merely an image of carnival‚ not the real experience. In his book Rabelais and his World (1965) he examines the work of François Rabelais and the folk culture of the Middle Ages‚ where the carnival is the main focus. It was said that the people of the Middle Ages lived
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made this action packed film so exacting that you are going to want to watch it twice. The main character in The Dark Knights Rises is Christian Bale who plays the role of Batman. Batman is a hero for the city who fights bad guys and saves anybody from harm’s way. Anne Hathaway plays the role of cat woman who helps batman saves the city from harm’s way. Joseph Gordon-Levitt who plays the role of robin‚ batman’s sidekick. Batman’s costume has many features‚ like his utility belt. It is able to
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