The Joker In The Dark Knight

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The Dark Knight is the story of the infamous “Batman” and his iconic rival the “Joker” in which the two fight for the power over the city. The Joker’s character is described as a “sociopathic, killing clown” because his actions and his scars have such an impact on anyone he crosses. Both roles are classified as incognito. Mysteries consume the ones who watch this film as to what is the actual story behind the scars? Or was the joker actually an unethical hero? And especially the most asked, what happened to Heath Ledger while playing this role? The Oscar winning actor died just 6 months before the world premier of the movie. Heath was known to dive deep and become the part he was in every movie he was ever involved in, but something about the Joker triggered a switch in his brain. How can the aspects of an imaginary character affect a real person in …show more content…
The Joker can and should be labeled as insane. This miraculous character showed no sympathy towards his victims in his path. Psychologists have labeled the Joker as Schizophrenic, Psychotic, and having both an obsessive compulsive personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder. Although the Joker was accused as a Schizophrenic I certainly doubt the Joker met the diagnostic criteria. He has some of the positive symptoms such as “delusions”, but schizophrenics also require “negative symptoms.” The negative symptoms would include things like the inability to experience pleasure, a diminished emotional range, and the lack of motivation. Judging by the enjoyment the Joker experienced while concocting evilistic schemes to the citizens of Gotham, I don’t suspect that he suffers from the negative symptoms that one would expect from a schizophrenic. Whether or not the Joker is psychopathic, is a completely different story. While Schizophrenia

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