Supergirl comics were published in the late 1950’s‚ in an atmosphere that is considerably different from that in which Batman: The Dark Knight Returns was created. Supergirl comics were created in the post World War II setting‚ when Americans reverted to their traditional beliefs. In contrast‚ Batman; The Dark Knight Returns was created during the Cold War era of the late 1980’s‚ when tensions ran high between the two super powers; the Soviet Union and the United States of America. These two different
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Claire Stemmer 16 March 2015 HUM 115-502 Prof. Streit SWA 4: Patterns of the Hero Monomyth in Sons of Anarchy In his renowned work‚ The Hero with a Thousand Faces‚ Joseph Campbell defined the essential stages of the Heroic Journey‚ using examples from a wide range of myths and stories. His objective was not only to establish the framework for hero tales‚ but also to convey why these elements of the monomyth prevail in so many different works. Campbell’s view states that “the hero myth is really written
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Monomyth or the hero’s journey is a basic pattern‚ which is found in many narratives and myths from around the world. The monomyth is “one of the dominant archetypal pattern in literature‚ film‚ and even video game text is the story of a journey.” Through an in-depth analysis of The Step not taken by Paul D’Angelo‚ this essay will give an explanation of the three stages of a monomyth. The monomyth is made up of three stages that the hero moves through. The stages are departure or separation‚ struggle
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Eight year after events of The Dark Knight‚ Gotham City is in a state of peace. Under powers granted by the Dent Act-legislation inspired by the late Harvey Dent –the Gotham City Police Department has nearly eradicated organized crime. Batman has disappeared and Bruce Wayne has become a recluse. Police Commissioner James Gordon fells guilty about the truth; however‚ he decides that the city is not ready to hear it. While searching for a missing congressman‚ Gordon is captured and his speech taken
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ere are so many different superheroes but the most popular are Superman and Batman. These two characters are the best American superheroes of all times. Superman and Batman are both extremely courageous and help the innocent and eliminate crime. Many have wondered who would win in a fight‚ the man of steel‚ Superman‚ or‚ the caped crusader‚ Batman. One is from another planet‚ has super-powers and can do nearly almost anything. While the other doesn’t necessarily have super-power‚ but has made himself
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Archetypal Heroes Batman Bruce Wayne‚ also known as Batman The World’s Greatest Detective or The Dark Knight‚ is best described as an archetypal hero. Batman‚ the common favorite of comic book nerds‚ depicts many of the characteristics of an archetypal hero. Unusual circumstances of birth; sometimes in danger or born into royalty: Bruce Wayne was born to Thomas and Martha Wayne‚ Thomas being the owner and founder of Wayne Enterprises. Thus Bruce was born into a rather large sum of money. When
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Monomyth or the hero’s journey is a basic pattern found in literature from all around the world. It is “one of the dominant archetypal pattern in literature‚ film‚ and even video game text.” Some examples of monomyths are Snow White‚ Star Wars‚ and even Casablanca. Although at first these three stories don’t seem to have much in common‚ when you look a little closer you can see that they all follow the three steps of the monomyth‚ separation‚ struggle/Initiation‚ and return or reintegration
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Monomyth: Fact or Fiction? Does every story truly follow the common stages of monomyth? Joseph Campbell first describes the monomyth in his book “The Hero With a Thousand Faces” written in 1949. In William Faulkner’s story “Barn Burning” one can look close enough and see the stages of monomyth. In “Barn Burning” the loyalty to family versus loyalty to the law is tested. The basic structure of a hero’s journey‚ in this case Sarty‚ is shown through the three stages Campbell explains. Campbell’s monomyth
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Throughout history‚ there have been many superheroes‚ but Batman stands above all others. Batman‚ whose real name is Bruce Wayne‚ is the CEO of a billion dollar company by day and a superhero at night. Bruce Wayne could easily just sit back and waste his wealth on anything. Instead‚ he chooses to give his life to beating criminals who threaten Gotham City. Batman may seem invincible‚ but Bruce Wayne is human. He doesn’t have the power of invulnerability. He can be hurt and killed. He relies on his
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comic book characters is that the heroes are good and the villains are evil. Although the batman is portrayed as a hero many of people would see him as a villain just as the joker‚ even though the joker is the antagonist the joker and batman walk in the same shoes but decided to be on different sides. by this I mean the joker kills for pleasure but batman also kills for revenge which is still wrong although Batman uses this for a reason to be called a hero and continue to do so the Joker although being
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