Text: The Dark Knight Director: Christopher Nolan Text Type: Film Gotham City is rapidly becoming a better place. Under the guard of Batman and with the help of Jim Gordon and Harvey Dent‚ the popular new district attorney‚ organised crime is being eradicated. In desperation the mob turns to a psychotic mastermind called only ‘The Joker’ and Gotham rapidly descends into chaos. As Bruce Wayne tries to deal with his toughest adversary yet he must deal also with his internal conflicts and the horrific
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Dark Ages The Dark Ages is a historical period used originally for the Middle Ages‚ which emphasizes the cultural and economic deterioration that occurred in Western Europe following the fall of the Roman Empire. The period is characterized by a relative scarcity of historical and other written records at least for some areas of Europe‚ rendering it obscure to historians. The term "Dark Age" derives from the Latin word “saeculum obscurum”‚ originally said by Caesar Baronius in 1602 to a tumultuous
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Woodward 1 “In a Dark Time” In times of darkness‚ people look to find light. Comfort is found in light because darkness is unknown. In Theodore Roethke’s “ In a Dark Time”‚ the reader is taken through a journey of one man’s internal struggle to find unity within himself. In a time of darkness the man contemplates the reality of light. His conflicting mental state is paralleled by the images of a dark forest‚ and through this quarrel he comes to the revelation that he must face his darkest
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The Dark Knight Film Analysis Kevin Franklin The Dark Knight is a 2008 action hero film co-written‚ produced‚ and directed by Christopher Nolan. It is Nolan’s second film based around the DC Comics character Batman‚ and the film is the sequel to the 2005 film‚ Batman Begins. Christian Bale returns to play the role of Bruce Wayne‚ the billionaire who defends Gotham City as Batman. Other returning cast members include Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox‚ Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth‚ and Gary
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I would consider the Middle Ages a fairly dark time in the history of the world‚ most evidently in the case of Europe. There were however differences across civilizations over the world including China. Many have called the era during the Tang and Song dynasties a golden age‚ one of prosperity and innovation. While life in Europe was often very glum‚ especially for serfs‚ Chinese inhabitants were fairly well off by all indications. The emergence of Buddhism and the continuance of many Confusionist
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A School lunch hall Condensation slides its way down the window‚ leaving behind it a ribbon of smooth‚ murky darkness. The sheer suffocating heat and humidity inside suggests the number of drenched bodies seeking refuge from the relentless onslaught of rain. In one corner‚ a single teacher loses the battle to restrain a group of shouting children and is swamped in a wave of uniformed bodies. Buzzing with anticipation‚ their instincts triggered by the promise of food‚ the mass of children charges
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The Dark Child Camara Laye wrote The Dark Child to oppose stereotypes that have become part of western culture. When most westerners think about Africa they think of an undeveloped country that is stricken by poverty and primitive behavior. The dark child is an autobiography of Camara Laye’s youth and his early life growing in to adulthood. Camara Laye grew up in the town of Kouroussa on the inland plain of French Guinea in the Malinke tribe. His father was a well-renounced blacksmith and a man
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The Dark Knight came out in 2008‚ when George W. Bush was President‚ so I was 14 at the time and Emily was 12. I remember going to the theater the day it came out because I was never more excited for a movie. I have been a fan of the Batman franchise since I was a kid; my older sister and I would constantly watch the Batman VHS’s that we had until they were too scratched up from use. Emily watched the film with all of her boy cousins because they wanted her to see it with them. I was so intrigued
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“One scarcely heard of Hitler or the Nazis except as butts of jokes–usually in connection with the Beer Hall Putsch‚ as it came to be known. In the elections of May 20‚ 1928‚ the Nazi Party polled only 810‚000 votes out of a total of thirty-one million and had but a dozen of the Reichstag’s 491
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going to write about is the ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ in this story you will see how Bruce Wayne (batman) will come from being known as a villain in Gotham city to be coming the city’s biggest hero they ever had. In the last move of the Dark knight Bruce Wayne defeated the joker but lost what he though was most important to him his love Rachel‚ Bruane Wayne (Batman) took the fall for Harvey Dent murder so that the city would have an icon and could live up to. In the Dark Knight Rises Bruce Wayne is after
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