Two-Face

In Batwoman Elegy, by Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams, Kate Kane is aware that there is a set of rules she has to follow in taking up the bat moniker, however, she also uses her military experience, paternal mentor, and cunning to alter the rules to her advantage. Batwoman is, in essence, a part of the bat family and therefore must fit into the Bat-mythology. Kate Kane adheres to many aspects of Batman's code, she does not kill, seeks for the triumph of good over evil, and will go to nearly any end…

Imagination the Underrated Power Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde written by Robert Louis Stevenson is considered to be one of the first detective pieces of literature. The book is written in the first person and takes us through the view of Mr. Utterson, an upstanding lawyer, which is well respected in the London community. He is extremely peculiar in detail, and with great acumen, describes many of the strange events concerning Dr. Jekyll. However, this fact also means that Utterson is biased against…

bank manager got killed too, but before that he was asking the robber what he believes in. The last robber was the Joker himself, and that was not clear until he removed his mask. It was an Ironic that the mask and his face are just the same. He does not have a real face. His face is not more than a continuation of his mask. The joker pops a canister, and insert it in the manager’s mouth. What was surprising being that the canister is not designed to explode. However, it is designed to release a…

when he was with other people. He demonstrates that people can have two sides because of his own dual nature. Another character that shows duality is of course Dr.Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. It said that Mr. Hyde was a short and little young man that was pure evil, and had no remorse. All he did was commit crimes and murder, and he preferred to hide. While Dr. Jekyll was a large man, around 50 who liked the company of his friends. These two people share the same body, yet are completely different, both…

Batman Mortality Throughout The Dark Knight Returns, Batman faces not only the current batch of Gotham's criminals, but criminals from his past, the Gotham Police, and eventually Superman. On top of all of these outward enemies, time is certainly not on Batman's side. Batman has to consider and confront his own mortality while he tries to clean up Gotham City's unending criminal element. Frank Miller does this to show to the reader that while Batman has done and continues to do impressive feats…

"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are clearly two different personalities because of their physical, mental and moral differences. As Stevenson said in his story Dr. Jekyll is “a large, well-made, smooth-faced man of fifty, with something of a slyish cast perhaps, but every mark of capacity and kindness — you could see by his looks that he cherished for Mr. Utterson a sincere and warm affection.” Dr. Jekyll is a scientist from London. He is also a well-known, well liked middle aged scientist as…

In the 2008 movie, The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan, multiple explosions occur in the Gotham City Hospital as the Joker walks down a street like nothing happened. Mayhem breaks loose as there is another possible two hospitals that he may blow up as well, how does the community deal with the Joker? Do they kill him or leave him be? This might be one of the most controversial debates in the comic community, should Batman kill The Joker? The Joker has done many Per many different…

stupendous characterizations; being referred to as the Clown Prince of Crime (or Chaos), the Harlequin of Hate (Havoc), and the Ace of Knaves. Through the evolution of the DC Universe, interpretations and incarnations of the Joker of seem to have two forms. For the original and currently more dominant image is of an extreme psychopath possessing extreme genius intelligence and a warped, rather sadistic sense of humor. (Lewis, Paul (2006). Cracking Up: American Humor in a Time of Conflict.…

The Dark Knight, a film directed by the acclaimed Christopher Nolan, is a great piece of art on multiple levels. In most cases, these levels are understood and delved into deeper each time a person watches the movie. The first time, the movie offers a super-villain for the most well-known hero to defeat as well as the story of the transformation of a man from the city 's most promising District Attorney to the city 's most vengeful menace. The second time, since the explosions and action…

embraces it and suffers the consequences. The predicament Jekyll involves himself with began exclusively as a science experiment. The astute doctor believed "that man was not truly one, but truly two"(Stevenson 62). With this assumption, Dr. Jekyll then creates a potion which proves science wrong stating that two, or more, beings populate one body. However, once the potion was consumed, Henry Jekyll took on the form of another man. Henry became fixated on this younger more agile version of…