The Dark Knight Trilogy Hero's Journey
The Dark Knight Trilogy
1. Call To Adventure
A key part of the Batman movies is that when Bruce was young, he fell into an empty well filled with bats and developed a major phobia of them.
Bruce Wayne witnessed his parents get murdered by a mugger by the name of Joe Chill when he was young. After years of being raised by his butler, Alfred, he decides that he is going to kill Joe Chill before he testifies against Mob Boss Falcone. At the courthouse, Bruce stands and waits, gun in hand. He is too late, for one of Falcone’s goons kill Chill before Bruce gets a chance.
Bruce decides to pay Falcone a visit and gets more than he bargains for when he is insulted and told that his father “Begged like a dog” before he was killed. This drives Wayne out of Gotham City, to a Bhutanese Prison.
2. Refusal Of Call
Saddened and downtrodden, our hero (Bruce Wayne) sits and a grimy Asian prison not wanting to take responsibility for anyone, or anything. Bruce likes to fight men who are already locked up, because they have nothing to lose. He feels that this technique of practicing will make him a stronger man.
Bruce does not want to return to Gotham and cleanse it of the corruption of crime; he feels that he is powerless and weak, until he meets Henri Ducard.
Henri offers Bruce a path to the League Of Shadows, so that the League can train him to master, concur, and use his fear for personal gain. Bruce is hesitant at first but joins the League, and our hero’s journey truly begins.
3. Supernatural Aid
Bruce Wayne is now a part of the League Of Shadows and has learned their secret plan. He has learnt that his mentor Henri Ducard is actually Ra’s Al Ghul, the leader of the league of shadows.
Throughout this montage of strengthening and growing, Wayne has to face his original fear. Bruce has to face Bats, the phobia that he developed when he was young before the murder of his two beloved parents. After concurring the bats, he realizes that he has not only concurred
1. Call To Adventure
A key part of the Batman movies is that when Bruce was young, he fell into an empty well filled with bats and developed a major phobia of them.
Bruce Wayne witnessed his parents get murdered by a mugger by the name of Joe Chill when he was young. After years of being raised by his butler, Alfred, he decides that he is going to kill Joe Chill before he testifies against Mob Boss Falcone. At the courthouse, Bruce stands and waits, gun in hand. He is too late, for one of Falcone’s goons kill Chill before Bruce gets a chance.
Bruce decides to pay Falcone a visit and gets more than he bargains for when he is insulted and told that his father “Begged like a dog” before he was killed. This drives Wayne out of Gotham City, to a Bhutanese Prison.
2. Refusal Of Call
Saddened and downtrodden, our hero (Bruce Wayne) sits and a grimy Asian prison not wanting to take responsibility for anyone, or anything. Bruce likes to fight men who are already locked up, because they have nothing to lose. He feels that this technique of practicing will make him a stronger man.
Bruce does not want to return to Gotham and cleanse it of the corruption of crime; he feels that he is powerless and weak, until he meets Henri Ducard.
Henri offers Bruce a path to the League Of Shadows, so that the League can train him to master, concur, and use his fear for personal gain. Bruce is hesitant at first but joins the League, and our hero’s journey truly begins.
3. Supernatural Aid
Bruce Wayne is now a part of the League Of Shadows and has learned their secret plan. He has learnt that his mentor Henri Ducard is actually Ra’s Al Ghul, the leader of the league of shadows.
Throughout this montage of strengthening and growing, Wayne has to face his original fear. Bruce has to face Bats, the phobia that he developed when he was young before the murder of his two beloved parents. After concurring the bats, he realizes that he has not only concurred