I've been writing a research paper on Batman. Yes, you read that right. I've been writing a research paper on Batman,and something has recently struck me. Part of what makes Batman such an amazing series is the villains. They are as fascinating as the Dark Knight himself...He's a long quote from an article I found online. The quote captures what I'm trying to say:
"Batman's nemeses tend to reflect some aspect of Bruce Wayne's character back at him: Two-Face, for example, represents the dual nature of the hero's personality, and the Scarecrow puts Batman's choice of fear as a weapon against evil into contrasting relief. The Joker embodies the madness that surrounds (but does not rule) the Batman's world, and the Penguin is a distorted, disarmingly comical figure representing the corruption (glazed over with a veneer of elegance) that is rife in Gotham. The Riddler challenges Batman's intellect, and Mr. Freeze his humanity (particularly, his pursuit of revenge). Ra's al Ghul, a man of boundless ambition, ability and resources, is an image of what Bruce Wayne might become if he were evil."
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
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I would love to read that paper. It sounds totally awesome. The closest thing I ever got to being able to write something like that was in a class titled "Mind and Science Fiction"
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