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A widely known psychological test, Hermann Rorschach’s inkblot test, has persisted in the common consciences to the point of being a popular culture reference (Hubbard 76), even stemming the creation of a comic book character. In Watchmen, a graphic novel written by Alan Moore with illustrations by Dave Gibbons, the vigilante character named Rorschach acts as both a narrator and a psychological terror. His costume, namely his mask, furthers the idea of him as a morally alarming character.…

Two Sides of a Monsters Story. "There are two sides to every story and the truth usually lies somewhere in the middle." Paul. J Alessi. “Beuwulf” is the oldest surviving long poem in Old English and is recognized as one of the most important works of Old English literature. The poem was written in England between the eighth and the early eleventh century. The author was an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet, referred to as the "Beowulf poet". Scandinavia is the know setting for the poem. The poem…

The Strange Cases of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in Fiction and Film Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) and the film adaptation, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2003), directed by Maurice Phillips, are accounts of the same story but told differently. Stevenson’s novella, as well as Phillips’ film version, follows a respected English physician and scientist named Dr. Henry Jekyll as he secretly struggles to suppress his dark side, and the experiments he…

psychoanalysis. The film is the typical sample to analysis by Freud’s theories. This paper is concerns four Chapters. Chapter one gives the brief introduction of the film and Freud’s theories. Providing the basis for analyzing the themes. From chapter two to four give the analysis of the main characters in the novel. Ⅰ. A Brief…

the joker, a criminal the likes of which Gotham has never seen. He is much smarter, much dirtier than any other villain before him because unlike the others, he has no rules, he has no motive, and he does what he wants when he wants too. He always is two steps ahead of our protagonist and batman can seemingly never beat him to the punch. For example, when the mayor was giving his speech, batman was trying to find the joker in the window with a sniper rifle. What he finds is a scope pointed at…

In The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, it revolves around the point that there are two sides to a person. There is the kind and rational side, which is represented as Dr. Jekyll, and the hateful and indulgent side, which is represented by Mr. Hyde. In the novel, the Dr.’s Hyde side made him do things that any person would regret doing. “Both sides of me were in dead earnest; I was no more myself when I laid aside restraint and plunged in shame, than when I laboured, in the eye of day,…

Hollywood motion pictures often display their historical moments in appealing ways. The latest Batman movie, the dark knight (2008), directed by the one and only Christopher Nolan, is a perfect example of that. Like many superhero movies, it has a hero and an anti-hero. Featuring Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman who is the hero and Heath Ledger as the Joker who played the anti-hero. The Joker’s main purpose is to bring chaos to the people of Gotham city, so Batman must come to terms with one…

The Dark Knight is my favorite movie in this series, but is also my personal favorite Batman story, surpassing all the other Batman films. By putting all the right elements in play and given the character literary merit, the Dark Knight has achieved a great impact to its audience. Those elements are moral ambiguity, paralleling Batman with his villains, a large cast of equally compelling characters, and realistic depiction of crime and detective work. The story of The Dark Knight is entirely…

name written by Dan Brown and is about exposing the mystery of the Holy Grail by using knowledge in the fields of religion and history. Both the novel and the film, “The Da Vinci Code” emphasizes characterization and character development in which the two major antagonists are shown to use aggression, violence, and extreme action to portray these elements. The major use of violence by the antagonists is shown through this fiction art piece. Firstly, the characters, Teabing and Silas are shown…

In Nolan 's The Dark Knight, the Joker disrupts the order in Gotham City when he has district attorney, Harvey Dent, and his girlfriend Rachel set up to explosives. While being saved by Batman, and after realizing Rachel will die when commissioner Gordon is too late to save her, half of Dent 's body is ignited by the explosion, leaving him with horrific scars. This mutilation, combined with Rachel 's murder, leads Dent to start causing chaos in Gotham . Another story of loss occurs in Demme’s…