Harley Quinn Character Analysis

Harley Quinn is a prime representation of gender expression due to the fact that she successfully avoids the typical female character stereotype. Harley is better known as the Joker’s sidekick/lover. She achieves her “sidekick” role by getting an internship in a mental hospital. She assists as a psychology intern, interested in learning more about people’s states when trapped in an asylum. There, she meets and falls in love with a patient known as the Joker, who she tries to free from the asylum. Of course in doing so, she gets caught in her attempt to free the Joker from the mental hospital, and as a result, gets herself admitted to the institute. Lucky for her, a big earthquake causes the hospital to crumble and she is able to escape, finally free to be next …show more content…
She is quite frequently known as the “comic relief screw up or is portrayed as the ditzy blonde” (Smith, Bree), and her adoration and devotion to the Joker screams submissiveness, the typical outlook of “a poor woman who followed a man into madness and got little in return” (Oh Harley, My Harley). Some may say that it doesn't help her case as a strong woman when she “disempowers” herself by playing the dumbed down, cute, playful spiel, given the fact she is a doctor. Indeed, she is very smart, and is one of the few female characters in today’s society that isn't written to be overly sexual or man-hating. This woman is a perfect combination of genius, craftiness, and beauty, and she knows it. “In her world, the Joker is God, and she’s the right girl for God” (A Cartwheel of Contradictions: Who is Harley Quinn?). In fact, never does she seem to suffer from lack of self-esteem. She proves herself capable of confidence by the way she carries herself; she flows with a certain effusiveness and has an especially open friendliness about her. Not to mention her exotic yet alluring wardrobe, which makes it quite clear she has no trouble with her body