Batman Returns Essays

Slide 2: • Batman -1989 • Batman Returns – 1992 • Batman Begins – 2005 • Dark Knight – 2008 Slide 3: • 1 dimensional • Simply batman>We know very little about why he is batman and also very little about why he is doing what he is doing. It is hardly mentioned that his parents died and we have to come to our own conclusions which are that he is getting revenge on the joker for killing his parents to restore justice to the city of darkness. • He is very arrogant because he believes he can get rid

Compare and contrast Christopher Nolan's portrayal of Gotham city in the Batman trilogy with Johnson's portrayal of the city of London. Samuel Johnson's poem, 'London' is an imitation of Juvenal’s ‘Third Satire’ which was written in 1738. The poem talks about the problems in the city of London at the time under the governance of Robert Walpole. It is a political satire where the main character, Thales is about to leave London as the city is brimming with corruption and crime and he cannot endure

German Expressionism deals with many characteristics ranging from storyline, to bold artistic styles, to dealing with “intellectual” topics, to set design & location, and even character appearance. All of these if not more, The films starts out with a simple yet creative storyline of a real estate agent (Thomas Hutter) who is sent to Transylvania to visit a new client (Count Orlok) to convince him to move to Wisburg. Now this “client”is also rumored of bringing a plague to this quiet town. During

Eight years after the events of The Dark Knight, Gotham City is in a state of peace. Batman has disappeared since the night of Harvey Dent's death. Under powers granted by the Dent Act, Commissioner Jim Gordon has nearly eradicated violent and organized crime. However, he still feels guilty about the cover-up of Harvey Dent's crimes. At a function celebrating Dent, he plans to admit to the conspiracy, but decides that the city is not ready to hear the truth. While following a lead in the abduction

of the book. Bruce Wayne is no longer Batman. Bruce grew a mustache and is wearing a racing helmet with the upper face being covered. The mustache indicates the amount of time that has passed since Bruce’s retirement as Batman. However, the resemblance of the helmet as his Batman costume foreshadows the inevitable return of Bruce Wayne as Batman. Therefore, the motif is established right away. 2. B) The passage is from almost the end of the book, when Batman chases after Joker, who is running around

poem about heroism. In fact one scholar notes, “Legends and superheros present us with something very local in its ethics. It's not messianic. It's far more tangible” (Rhys Ifans). Beowulf is considered a legend in the English Literature world. Batman is considered a superhero in the DC Comic industry. However, even though they’re from different times and put in different situations, they have as much in common as they have different, especially in courage, smartness and the willing to fight evil

laughing and then he asks, “Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight.” A villain is a cruelly malicious person who is involved in or devoted to wickedness or crime, two of whom are The Joker, featured in The Dark Knight, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, and A Death in the Family and Poseidon, shown in Homer’s The Odyssey. The Clown Prince of Crime has far many better traits than the Earthshaker. It must not be overlooked that Poseidon has a great deal of traits that make him

supressed and weak individuals in society. Many vigilantes’ purpose is sparked by tragic events that leads to the crusade of justice. It is rather the inadequacy law enforcement that leads for vigilantes to exist. Both Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns, deconstruct the traditional superhero through the theme of vigilantism, Alan Moore’s text offer the realistic interpretation of vigilantes, while Frank Miller emphasizes the dark side of masculine hero through the rebirth of Bruce Wayne as the Dark

Chapter I- Introduction If one has to define a hero, it’ll be defined as someone who possesses strength, bravado, and ethics and most importantly he must fight evil. These characteristics apply to Beowulf and to a modern hero like Batman with slight modifications. Both of these came from different time period but both have a great impact on their society. Beowulf Beowulf is the 3182 lines longest surviving Old English poem. It survives in a single manuscript, thought to date from the turn of eleventh

streets of Gotham until he was eventually taken in and trained by Batman who made Jason his second Robin. Much later the Joker nearly beat him to death with a crowbar and then killed him with an explosion. Even though he died, he was later revived and healed through use of the Lazarus Pits and became infuriated when he learned that the Joker was still alive. Swearing vengeance on the Joker and on Batman (for not killing the Joker) he returns to Gotham to become the scourge of its underworld. About a year

good-hearted person. In turn crime rates would drop down as hundreds of innocent lives are saved daily by Superman. Sadly, the question remains, would Superman still be perceived as a hero as time goes on? When it comes to the films such as Superman v. Batman, The Dark Knight, and Man of Steel. I’d have to say that Superman is an indirect villain from all the films and information I have gathered. Where no longer people consider Superman a hero, but realize that Superman can be considered a villain.

WORLD'S GREATEST DETECTIVE Telltale has done a spectacular job introducing mechanical elements harmonizing with the narrative; in Batman - The Telltale Series there are systems gameifying all aspects of the Batman experience. The quick-time event action sequences return in one of their most well-implemented ways to date. There are also investigation segments where Batman theorizes how an event transpired based on crime scene evidence. Telltale utilizes both traditional point-n-click mechanics as well

theory is used to open your eyes to show those deeper meanings. While reading Batman the author Marie Lu shows that heroes must face obstacles on their journey in order to become the great person they are. The author uses the situational archetype of the hero's journey as well as the symbolic archetype of the mountain to show the theme of heroes taking a journey and growing into the person they've become. The novel Batman written by author Marie Lu was originally published in January 2018. The author

interpretation of the Batman comics is more realistic. He portrays The Joker as a psychotic human, instead of a man that was in a “freak accident” to make him who he is. Everyone loves a villain and in The Dark Knight, the main point is the relationship between Batman and The Joker. This raises a commonly asked question. What makes The Joker so “batty”? It could be one of the many reasons “he got his scars”, or a number of other situations he has gotten himself into- possibly even Batman. Another theory

Superheros are Lit/Superheros Characteristics When I was 10 years old I really got into superheros when I saw Batman begins for the first time I loved the fact that Batman went through so much training to become a hero to find who killed his parents and Batman was a billionaire who wanted to help his city come back to the way it was before his parents died. The best superheroes have certain traits that make them unique from other superheroes for example superheroes have some sort of power

Hey kids! Do you guys like superheroes? Do you guys like DC Comics? Well, why don’t we watch a film today about a superhero based on the DC Comics! That’s right, let’s watch Wonder Woman! Apart from Superman, Batman, Spiderman and all those heroes, Wonder Woman is the most popular and long-lasting female hero. Wonder Woman revolves around Wonder Woman, or Diana Prince, seeking to bring the world back to peace and order from her nemesis Ares during World War I (Holmes, 2017). Wonder Woman is beautiful

Many people believe that Batman is the world’s greatest made up hero and detective, he only does things that will help the world. People loved the comics of Batman so much, they turned it into many serious of movies. Batman is a modern day hero, however back in the 7th century the poem Beowulf was the world’s greatest made up hero. Beowulf was originally an epic poem, then turned into a novel Beowulf a New Telling by Robert Nye. Beowulf was the first English Literature to be written, written around

Whenever people think about hero, oftenly, they will think of soldiers, firefighters or some fictional character like superman and batman. Hero is someone who is noble, and worth people pay respect of. In other words, the word hero and victim are hardly mentioned together. However, in Stephen King’s novel, “Misery”, the character Paul is not only a victim but a truly hero to himself and also to many readers. He escapes from Annie Wilkes, the devil figure, fully based on himself as he is completely

In the novel “Batman Under The Red Hood” Batman is fighting whoever is under the red hood. Then Batman’s mask is torn off and the Red Hood takes his hood off and Batman seems to know him but it is kept a mystery from the reader. The story leaves the identity of the person behind the Red Hood a mystery until about halfway through the story. We find that Black Mask is gathering help from Mr. Freeze and Amazo the android that has the powers of the seven members of the Justice League. The Red Hood

Superheroes have remained some of the most popular figures throughout American culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. It seems we cannot go a year without a new Batman, X-Men, Superman, Iron man or Captain America movie coming out. But what is it about superheroes that hold America’s attention? Jeffrey Lang and Patrick Trimble argue in their article “What Happened to the Man of Tomorrow” that the reason superheroes have remained relevant is because of their connection to the American monomyth. Lang