Alexander The Great Rorschach Quotes

Ozymandias justifies his cynical actions by believing that people are only concerned with themselves and that is the reason the world is on the brink of WWIII. Veidt attempts to justify killing millions by citing the augmentation of the ancient city of Alexandria by Alexander the Great, “Ruling without barbarism! At Alexandria, he instituted the ancient world's greatest seat of learning. True people died… perhaps unnecessarily, though who can judge such things? Yet how nearly he approached his vision of a united world!”(XI,8,7). The justification of millions dying is attributed to the way in which the city of Alexandria was built, though people died it was a tremendous city and Veidt wants the same for the world. Veidt has lost his faith

Rorschach’s absolute moralism may seem like a quality a hero should have but, Rorschach belief in his moral code leads to his death. His moralism is his downfall. He believes that doing to right thing for his conscience is more important than doing the respectable thing for the world. The NiteOwl begs, ”Rorschach, WAIT! Where are you going? This is too big to be hardassed about! We have to compromise…”, and Rorschach responds, “No. Not even in the face of Armageddon.”(XII, 20, 8). Rorschach is set in his ways of being moral and he forgets to look at the big picture. In his last moments of life he pleas with Manhattan to understand why he must tell the world of Veidt’s plan to kill millions, “Must stop him. Killed Blake. Killed half of New York”(XII, 12, 2). Manhattan then realizes that this is why Rorschach must die, he cannot get past his black and white world long enough to understand why he cannot tell the world of Veidt’s plan. It is questionable that Rorschach could kill hundreds of men while adventuring without sees that he is breaking his own moral code and should, in turn, die as well. So while Rorschach is considered the hero, he has many unheroic characteristics that lessen his