English Coursework The Gothic fiction novel “Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde”‚ written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1886‚ is a novel about a man torn by the desire to separate the good and evil inside people. The plot beholds a scientist who finds a way to literally separate his good from his evil by drinking a potion. The plot picks up on the Victorian hypocrisy that crippled people into being society’s idea of ‘good’ and the shallow nature of the Victorians and how they judged character by appearance
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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 contexts resulted in the creation of two very different comics‚ especially‚ in terms of their representation of violence and crime in the city. In Supergirl‚ the re-adoption of traditional ideology called for the minimalization
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the Mutants. In both the graphic novel written by Frank Miller and movie directed by Jay Oliva titled The Dark Knight Returns‚ Bruce Wayne’s hiatus from Batman causes him inner turmoil which creates a breakdown that leads to the return of Batman. The two mediums show differently how Bruce Wayne journeyed back to Batman. In the graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns‚ Bruce Wayne’s return to Batman
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PORTRAIL OF HYDE Stevenson makes sure the reader knows what a disturbed character Hyde is. He does this by using some horrific phrases in which to describe Hyde’s appearance and actions. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was written in the 19th century. Around this time there were a lot of scientific advances. At the time people where still thinking about the book by Darwin‚ ‘’Origin of Species’’. This said that humans had originally come from apes. Stevenson portrays Hyde’s character is through his appearance
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The Dark Knight and The Matrix neo-noir characteristics Both movies show neo-noir characteristics though both production and story elements. Production elements such as the dark scenes throughout the movie are used to show the contrasting sides to the story. Within both movies it also shows that a friend of the main character dies‚ and it shows how this may be devastating to the character however they avoid showing emotion or grief as they are determined to finish their quest and do what is right
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A definition of a hero is a person who risks their life to save others. Batman and Hancock are both very superior heroes. Batman fights crime in a city called Gotham City and Hancock fights crime in Los Angeles. Batman’s real is Bruce Wayne and when he goes to fight crime he puts on a black suit with a cape and wears a black mask that covers his identity. Hancock does not have a job and when he goes to fights crime he wears his regular clothes and causes the city a lot of financial damage. Batman
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What is the significance of being a hero? In Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns‚ I would like to address the theme of rebirth and its relevance to Batman. Batman’s rebirth can be seen through‚ his physical changes‚ superhero power struggle‚ and his death. Batman’s rebirth is witnessed by his initial physical changes. For example‚ Alfred points out‚ “Master Bruce. Whatever happened to your moustache” (20‚ 7).This physical change is what hints at a different stage or “rebirth” in Bruce Wayne
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is perhaps the purest example in English literature of the use of the double convention to represent the duality of human nature. That Dr. Jekyll represents the conventional and socially acceptable personality and Mr. Hyde the uninhibited and criminal self is the most obvious aspect of Stevenson’s story. The final chapter‚ which presents Jekyll’s full statement of the case‚ makes this theme explicit. In this chapter‚ Jekyll fully explains‚ though he does
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The psychological approach is a fascinating technique to study literature works; because the Freudian approach permits the reader to explore and discover the character’s psyche‚ thanks to this‚ and based on Freud’ psychoanalysis scheme; the reader has the opportunity to explore and get into the personality traits besides the emotional problems of the characters‚ by doing this‚ it is possible to understand and recognize the hidden psychological part of the work. The story of The Strange Case of Dr
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The joker is one of the most popular villain’s to this day. He is well known for causing chaos and anarchy‚ he doesn’t have a purpose to why he’s always causing trouble he just does it out of entertainment. His characteristics are very distinctive‚ His purpose is to corrupt everybody and everything to cause evil for everyone. The joker wants to corrupt batman and make him just like him‚ his whole purpose is to make batman go crazy and kill everyone instead of him being the hero. The characteristics
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