Watchmen Rorschach Analysis

If one could sum up Watchmen by Alan Moore in a few words, it basically tells the story of the death of Edward Blake, Rorschach’s investigation of his death, and the events surrounding his death. Overall, Watchmen has an underlying representation of American society through the various masked vigilante characters and their respective attitudes towards government and each other. The quote, “You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain," by Batman (played by Christian Bale) in The Dark Knight represents many of the issues in Watchmen. Rorschach, especially among all the characters, is caught between the extremely blurred line of hero and villain many times. This makes one wonder who the hero is, or if Watchmen has any heroes at all.
Rorschach attempted to convince the remaining members of “The Crimebusters” there was a “mask-killer” of some sort but to no avail. But truly Rorschach wasn’t only looking for justice for The Comedian; he was also looking for justice for himself. Rorschach admired The Comedian in every way and he felt as if they were a similar entity with a similar fate. But, Rorschach was a bit self-righteous; he acted completely out of emotion especially due to the brutality he faced as a child. In all of Rorschach’s attempts to do what was right it always involved tyranny of some sort, sometimes justified, sometimes not. The Comedian on the other hand was a man with extremely negative attributes that include attempted rape, assault, murdering a woman pregnant with his own child, etc. Yet, somehow he was right, he always managed to see things in ways no one else could which solidifies him as a