The character of Batman is considered to be one of the world’s classic and modern day superhero. His story has taken on many different forms from comics, to TV series, and to today’s modern cinematography. However, I want to discuss the story of Batman and its famous characters based off of the 2000’s version of the current films. We have all come to know Batman as a vigilante who fights bad people as he conceals his true identity as Gotham’s renowned playboy and millionaire, Bruce Wayne. I want to use the personas of Bruce Wayne, Batman, and the well-known villains of this universe because of how they relate to the many ideas used in psychology.
Bruce Wayne’s character can be characterized by Sigmund Freud’s theory about how the human …show more content…
Freud has postulated the psychodynamic perspectives on human personality by emphasizing that the human personality is mostly unconscious or beyond our awareness. Through this, Freud developed his theories on the id, ego, and superego. The id represents the unconscious drives, the ego deals with the demands of reality, and the superego is the …show more content…
The collective unconscious is defined as the deepest layer of the unconscious mind in which we all share as human beings. Because of this collective unconscious, all of humanity share archetypes that serve as original forms or prototypes. The different aspects of our lives are said to have been modeled after these original forms or ideas. One archetype that relates to the Batman universe is the archetype the persona. According to Jung, the persona represents the public mask that we all wear in front of society or is our social mask. Bruce Wayne wears the social mask of Batman and the Bruce Wayne that the public knows. Wearing the Batman mask allows Bruce to fight justice without having to compromise who he really is due to him being a public figure. At the same time, his public persona allows him to protect his loved ones by not associating Batman with his public self in order to protect his loved ones from his enemies. Another example of a Jungian archetype is the shadow. The shadow represents the secret urges or thoughts within our unconscious or id. It represents the sides to us that we want to hide from others because it makes us weak as humans or it brings out a side of us that is not favorable. Batman the vigilante represents the shadow archetype. Being Batman allows for Bruce Wayne to fulfill his unconscious
Bruce Wayne’s character can be characterized by Sigmund Freud’s theory about how the human …show more content…
Freud has postulated the psychodynamic perspectives on human personality by emphasizing that the human personality is mostly unconscious or beyond our awareness. Through this, Freud developed his theories on the id, ego, and superego. The id represents the unconscious drives, the ego deals with the demands of reality, and the superego is the …show more content…
The collective unconscious is defined as the deepest layer of the unconscious mind in which we all share as human beings. Because of this collective unconscious, all of humanity share archetypes that serve as original forms or prototypes. The different aspects of our lives are said to have been modeled after these original forms or ideas. One archetype that relates to the Batman universe is the archetype the persona. According to Jung, the persona represents the public mask that we all wear in front of society or is our social mask. Bruce Wayne wears the social mask of Batman and the Bruce Wayne that the public knows. Wearing the Batman mask allows Bruce to fight justice without having to compromise who he really is due to him being a public figure. At the same time, his public persona allows him to protect his loved ones by not associating Batman with his public self in order to protect his loved ones from his enemies. Another example of a Jungian archetype is the shadow. The shadow represents the secret urges or thoughts within our unconscious or id. It represents the sides to us that we want to hide from others because it makes us weak as humans or it brings out a side of us that is not favorable. Batman the vigilante represents the shadow archetype. Being Batman allows for Bruce Wayne to fulfill his unconscious