In the movie, "Batman Begins" there are many instances where Jungian archetypes are hinted at throughout the movie. There are 12 common archetypes and four primal archetypes. Two common archetypes that stood out to me were The Creator and The Caregiver. Lucius Fox is The Creator because he helps Bruce Wayne get the materials he needs to make his alter ego known as Batman. He gets him all of the materials he needs to make his Batsuit and his Batmobile. He is there when Bruce needs anything in order to make his dream of stopping the crime in Gotham a reality. He also provided him with the weapons that he needs and ends up being one of Batman's allies. Alfred J. Pennyworth is The Caregiver because after Bruce’s parents died he was there to take
They were partners in crime. Their friendship is represented with the superheroes. Robin is always there to support Batman in life or death situation. Batman holds down a Robin when he is folding down. Batman and Robin treats each other like brothers.
Bruce Wayne exemplifies these qualities in the novel, as he confronts the criminal underworld of Gotham City while also struggling with his own identity
An archetype describes the function or role of a character in the story. The seven roles of an archetype are the hero, the mentor, the threshold guardian, the herald, the shapeshifter, the shadow and the trickster. Moreover, the third phase is
Portrayal of H.H. Holmes Chicago the up and coming western city for the time is thriving unlike most other western cities. The allure of better quality life where people flock to experience the big city’s sophisticated and party filled life contrary to most people’s dull rural life. Where the morality of life is questionable for the time not only amongst the citizens but also the politicians. The fast lifestyle most citizens live and the numerous amount of nightclubs and brothels within the city’s bounds.
Everyone can relate to an archetype character in a movie, book, or television show. An archetype meaning to me is when a character can resemblance a certain topic. Example of common archetypes would the following a hero, caregiver, damsel in distressed, lover, villain, or tragic hero. In the play, The Crucible, we learned that some of the characters had common archetypes. This was a tragic play which means it has a tragic hero.
Batman vs Superman For my compare and contrast paragraph I chose Batman vs Superman. Batman and Superman are alike in a lot of ways but there some differences. There are both alike because they are both super heroes, both from DC, and both are good at what they do. Batman in different from Superman is that Batman can’t fly and Superman can fly because his powers. Another thing is that Batman fights in Gotham the most crime ridden city.
Reading contains many definitions. Each individual defines reading to how they perceive it. Some individuals read to gain knowledge while others read to escape, escape their living situations or their minds. Writer Sherman Alexie, wrote "Superman and Me," published in 1990 in Los Angeles Times, explaining his life situation before he became a write, claiming that reading changed his life. Alexie begins building his credibility with personal facts and establishing himself with honest judgment, while strongly exerting emotional appeals; however, he doesn 't incorporate appeal to logic, which isn 't necessary considering the piece is more on a personal level.
Archetypes can be found across multiple short stories and represent characters in a very effective way. One story with several examples of archetypes would be “The Most Dangerous Game.” In “The Most Dangerous Game,” General Zarroff has the characteristics of a monster. General Zaroff gives those characteristics by hunting humans for his own enjoyment. General Zaroff then
The detective archetype is embodied in Batman himself, as he uses his intellect and deductive skills to solve crimes and bring criminals to justice. However, in Nightwalker, the reader sees how Batman's trust in his own abilities is tested when he is manipulated by a criminal mastermind known as the Nightwalker. The Nightwalker is a master of deception, and it takes all of Batman's skills to unravel the truth and expose the criminal's true motives.
Both Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Christopher Marlowe’s Dr. Faustus display Mr. Hyde and Mephistophilis, respectively, as the devil archetype, as shown through Hyde’s selfish and wicked actions that lead to Jekyll’s death and Mephistophilis’s deceitful actions that lead to Faustus’s death. Hyde’s appearances as the devil figure emphasizes him as inhuman. When Utterson first meets Hyde, he describes him as “hardly human” with “Satan’s signature upon a face [Hyde]” (Stevenson 43). In this way Hyde’s physical appearance reflects the devil archetype as grotesque.
In Superman and Me by Sherman Alexie, Alexie’s father’s love for books grew to make his self-love books ending up in Alexie teaching himself how to read. Alexie describes the stereotypes and what is expected of Indian children and how Indian children were expected to basically have no knowledge Many lived up to those expectations inside the classroom but invalidated them on the outside. While other children were doing this, Alexie’s father was one of the few Indians on the reservation who went to Catholic School on purpose and was also an devoted reader. Alexie grew up around books. His father had a strong love for books as he bought them by the pound from pawn shops, goodwill and the salvation army.
Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Trilogy constitutes a rather contemporary manifestation of an extensive body of artifacts in media culture. Media culture, Henry Giroux holds, “has become a substantial, if not the primary educational force in regulating the meanings, values, and tastes that set the norms, that offer up and legitimate particular subject positions – what it means to claim an identity as male, female, white, black, citizen, noncitizen” (2-3). Being the most popular remediation of the Batman over the past two decades, the Dark Knight Trilogy reveals contemporary attitudes of mainstream Hollywood film to issues revolving around sexuality and gender as two of the core facets of identity. In particular, the representation of masculinity,
He decided to carry the burden of taking care of this planet which makes him responsible for the safety of others. On the other hand, Batman’s goals are to strike fear into the villains of Gotham to keep the citizens safe, “As a boy, he witnessed his parents ' murder by a criminal. That memory drove him to become a crime fighter as an adult”(Batman). This memory is why Batman tries to stop crime so no one will feel the same pain. What motivates Superman is keeping the planet safe from any danger, what also motivates Superman who is his girlfriend is Lois Lane, she is the only person who can actually stop Superman.
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He suffers degrees of post traumatic stress disorder which is understandable, this makes him seem self absorbed. It is this ‘version’ of Batman that the audience responds more to. He is no longer the perfect model superhero from the 50’s who is a crime fighting genius in the city of Gotham, he is dark and mysterious and the emotional effects make him hugely relatable. We learn that although he is somewhat different to us with his physical strength and superhero persona but his feelings and emotions and changing personality is human. We feel sorry for him and endearing making the modern day superhero easily accessible to the