Chaos In The Dark Knight

In the view of author Kevin Mahadeo, one of the most insane tricks the Joker had pulled was when he had captured members of the Bat-Family and had Alfred serve them up some platters topped with their faces which he had cut off. (Mahadeo) This is a representation of how truly insane and twisted the Joker was. Although the joker was quite insane, some people have learned to love his evil ways because of how clever and inventive he was while he came up with tricks. Despite the Jokers insane tricks, his trickery is shown throughout today’s culture because of how thought out and clever he can

Another common thing that the Joker does is that he attempts to conceal the true reasons for his actions. In other words, the Joker uses defense mechanisms to distance himself from reality as a means to protect himself from the horrid things he has done (Friedman & Schustack, 2009). He demonstrates the specific defence mechanism of rationalization and he does this by trying to justify murdering Harvey Dent's, a pivotal character to the film's plot, girlfriend. He explains to Dent that her death was not his fault and he does such things (i.e., killing innocent people) to show others how pathetic they are for believing that they have control in their lives “ “ (De La Noy & Nolan,

Moore continues his effort as the story unravels in a later scene where The Joker captures Gordon and shows him photographs of Barbara, who is gravely wounded and stripped naked. Moore vividly illustrates Gordon’s anger and shock, causing the readers to sympathize with his feeling of despair and perceive that The Joker’s plan to force Gordon “into a psychotic break” (Wooldridge) may be succeeding.  In this scene, The Joker has Gordon trapped on his Ghost Train ride, Gordon’s face in shock as it dawns on him that the person in the horrific images is his own daughter.  Moore presents Gordon’s face in an extreme close-up, which is “a framing in which the scale of the object shown is very large” (Yale Film Studies). The only other thing that can be seen is half the face of The Joker’s minion, who attempts to keep Gordon down; everything else is red, except for their eyes and teeth.  Moore uses this particular framing method so that the audience can see Gordon’s aged, appalled, and unkempt face, emphasizing his distress and his loss of control.  The red on the faces of the characters in this panel highlights the emotions that Gordon feels:  hopelessness, shock, and dismay. The yellow eyes and teeth underscore the horrified look on Gordon’s face. The Joker has forced Gordon to realize that his family has been irreparably harmed, and that he is unable to do anything about it.  Moore

Harvey Dent wanted to be district attorney and be able to control crime. He wanted to be everything Batman couldn’t be and have power over crime. This can easily be compared to Macbeth wanting to have power. What makes Harvey Dent a tragic figure is the fight he has with his inner self. Harvey Dent had said “You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain”, this is ironic because it foreshadows future events.

The Joker has no alter ego. He walks around the way he is with his deformed face full of scars and in some versions, with his bright colored hair and bleached skin, always with that maniac, chilling laughter which always makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. He has no personal agenda to all the brutality he inflicts, no thirst for revenge or materialistic goals made him reach this point. He lives to dismantle the codes the society lives by and all he hopes for is to rip apart the expected codes of morality, so the people can then be free of any faith, any belief of right or wrong. He creates situations for the people of his town

Daniel Blick’s The Dark Knight: What it tells about our own nature, posted in Movie Pilot, discusses The Dark Knight’s implications on the nature of humanity, stating that our nature depends on the choices we make. Blick uses the choices that Batman and Harvey Dent make in response to Rachael Dawes’ death as an example. Rachael

Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, wants to give in, but is torn. He is at a point of conflict between true immediate protection of the city by showing himself, and not giving in so that he can continue to serve. The twist comes when, just as Wayne decides that he must comply and let the truth out, Harvey Dent proclaims that he is Batman. At first this works but then the Joker starts killing people

When you think of psychology what is the the first name that comes to mind? My guess is that you thought of Sigmund Freud. Even though none of his theories of dreams or sexuality have any empirical evidence, he is still one of the most influential figures in all of philosophy. One of Freud’s ideas that does have substance is the idea that our minds are dynamic and contain both conscious and unconscious memories, thoughts, and desires. Freud labeled these phenomena the id, ego, and superego. While the nuances of this theory are complex and somewhat monotonous, they are brought to life in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight. The chaotic and childish joker (id), the pure and valiant Harvey Dent (superego), and the one responsible for finding a balance between the two, Batman (ego).

Joker’s backstory begins as an engineer who decides to quit his job at Ace Chemicals Co to become a comedian. After failing in his attempt to keep his pregnant wife, Jeannie, afloat, he agrees to help two criminals rob the playing card company next door. The police soon inform the ‘soon-to-be Joker’ of the death of his wife due to a household accident. The other criminals strong-arm him into continuing with the plan. Once at the plant, the criminals make him wear a mask, later recognized as Red Hood. Unknown to the engineer, the disguise is secretly being used by the criminals to frame him for the crime.

In a movie where good and evil are divided by a very thin line, the Dark Knight rises up to fight against injustice and corruption in Gotham City. An action sequel to the original Batman Begins, this installment is a lot darker filled with more explosion, twists, and suspense. For the first time, a comic has been integrated into the issues of the real world. With the help of District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant Gordon, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining mob members and clean the streets of Gotham for good. Their success is only short-lived when they encounter the Joker, a mysterious mastermind who is out to prove that nobility cannot hold in a world of anarchy.

Bruce Wayne the protagonist, along with district attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant Jim Gordon are fighting a sadistic villein, the joker. Throughout the movie the joker tests their boundaries and force them to make extremely difficult and ethical decisions. The movie begins with Batman’s realization that he can no longer put him

The film opens with a group of thugs wearing clown masks rubbing a bank. However, during the job each member begins to kill one another one by one, the remaining rubber reveals himself to be the joker, a crazy super villain, who escapes from the bank in a school bus. The district attorney of Gotham, Hervey Dent, is leading a campaign against organized crime and it is heralded by the citizens of the Gotham. Then, he begins to investigate other banks that are suspected of having mob ties. Several mob leaders hold a conference which is interrupted by the joker. The joker offers to kill the Batman in exchange for half of a large amount of money that was stolen from mob bosses by the Chinese man named Lau. After the joker shows a feet of his strangeness and his strength they hired the Joker. That means he needs to find Lau and brings him back to the city of Gotham to testify against the mob. Dent is able to put five hundred and forty nine criminals in custody under the Rico law. In response, Joker begins to

After eight years under the terrorizing of The Joker, The Batman has dissapeared during the state of peace. Locking himself inside the newly built maynor refusing to come out Bruce Wayne has nearly bankrupted Wayne Enterprises funding the new machine to purify Gotham 's water supply, it is quickly closed down after hearing about how easy it is to weaponize it to a nuclear bomb. The now infamous Batman hated for killing Harvey Dent (Harvey Dent had turned to Joker 's side after the death of his fiance and later killed himself) is said that he will be turned into the authorities and caught. Before Commisioner Gordon reveals that teh Batman is innocent, Gordon is shot

The film starts off with a gang of criminals robbing a mob bank, double crossing each other for a larger cut. Eventually, the Joker would be the only survivor. Later, Gotham would be seen at night with the bat signal projected onto the clouds, reminding the criminals the presence of Batman. Meanwhile, in the parking garage, Batman intercepted a drug trade while injuring himself in the process. On the next day, Harvey Dent was announced as the new district attorney. He immediately wastes no time in bringing in the Italian well known mob boss, Sal Maroni. Doing so, Lt. James Gordon and Batman contemplate on bringing Harvey Dent on the plan to clean Gotham and mark him as the hero that Batman couldn’t be, hence the title “White Knight of Gotham City” was given to him. Agreeing to work with Harvey, Batman manages to apprehend Lau in Hong Kong and brought him back to Gotham with the help of Lucius Fox, a business manager at Wayne Enterprise. Back at Gotham, Lau give in the names of the mob involvement and Harvey link all of the mob members together. As a result, the mob has lost over 50 percent of their men, it leaves them no

The Joker’s constant twitching and licking of his lips as possible evidence of an oral fixation and would want to ask the Joker about his relationship with his mother. If we go ahead and believe that the Joker really did have and hate his abusive alcoholic father, then we would explore the conflict between the Joker and his father and as a result, the underdevelopment of a superego. In the second narration of the origins of his scars, the Joker tells Rachel that he once had a wife that was cut up by mobsters and that in an effort to make her feel better, he carves his own face and was devastated when she leaves him. If we believe this version of the story, then his anger from his father