The Dark Knight is a movie about struggle. Specifically,
the struggle against corruption; the struggle for fame; the struggle for
survival, and, most fundamentally, the struggle between good and evil, both in
the outer world and the inner world of characters. Harvey Dent is an excellent
depiction of the struggle between good and evil. In one of the scenes, Dent
noted, "You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see you become a
villain" (Reelchanger). In the initial stage of the movie, Harvey Dent is
depicted as an attorney who is not afraid to fight the mob leaders, as well as
face armed criminals. Additionally, a scene where Dent tells to the media that
he is a Batman is an illustration of the sacrifice of the hero. However, there
are scenes, where a viewer can see a clear manifestation of Harvey choosing
between either standing on a path of a hero or becoming a villain.
There is a scene,
where Harvey Dent caught a fake cop, who started shooting during the funeral in
the center of Gotham City. Harvey took a fake cop to beat information from him
about who was a mastermind of the negative events happening in the city. Harvey
Dent picked up a revolver and wanted to play with a fake cop a kind of Russian
roulette and took a coin to decide man's fate (Nolan). The scene clearly
depicted something negative going on, both outside and inside the Dent's soul.
The sound was dark and daunting. The lighting was such that Harvey's face was
half lighted and half darkened. Also, Batman interrupts Harvey, and a viewer is
unable to see the ending of the scene.
The next decisive
moment is when Harvey is in the hospital and faces Joker (Nolan). Joker
intended to manipulate Dent on the dark side. One can see the same action with
the revolver and a coin. The musical support is intense and ascending. The
focus is on the Dent's face, one part healthy, one burned. Additionally, the
viewer does not see the ending. However, the fact that Joker appeared in the
latter scenes confirmed that Harvey Dent became a villain.
Works Cited
The Dark Knight. Dir.
Christopher Nolan. Perf. Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron
Eckhart. 2008. Warner Bros., 2008. Film.
Reelchanger. "The Hero We
Need: An In-Depth Analysis of Batman in Post-9/11 America." Reel Change. N.p.,
6 July 2012. Web. 9 Apr. 2016.
Ahmad, I liked the approached you took on this blog just like you usually have a good approach to every blog you have done so far. I like how you introduce the idea of the movie being a movie of struggle and how the movie is a struggle for corruption, survival and more you have a very interesting view on the movie and I liked hearing the approach you took and what you seen the movie represented and how you chose to explain the struggle concept and back it up with facts as to why you felt that way. Good job.
ReplyDeleteAhmad, I believe this is an excellent analysis about the moment of Harvey Dent. I like how you stated Harvey Dent as hero and then belt into the the argument. You stated the same example with Xinfei, which is Harvey used the coin to determine whether kill the fake police or not. This is a really good example because I believe this is the first time that Harvey was battling between dark and light. From the movie, Harvey was stand in half dark and half light, also tells us that he was in the balance point of evil and good. Good job!
ReplyDeleteAhmad, I really enjoyed reading this blog. You really started out with a good lead and kept it going through out the entire blog. You really did a great job on describing Harvey Dent and his story. Your analysis was super good. You did nice job as to backing up and supporting you analysis and claims. You used great evidence and really touched up on the important details of why Harvey Dent is the way he is and how he is like that. Overall, I think you did a great job as always. Also, you're citations look good to me! Keep it up!
ReplyDeleteAhmad, I really enjoy readin your blogs because they always have a lot of detail and description of what you are trying to say to your audience. Your lead into the blog is really interesting and cool because you make a reader start thinking about what thy know about Batman and how the struggle applies to the characters of Batman. I like that you also used the scene where Harbey Dent takes the fake cop in order to try and get information from him. I think that this scene was really interesting in the case of Dent because he brings out his coin to see if the cop should live or die. Batman comes to the rescue by taking the coin and explaining that the fake cop really does not know anything about where the Joker is. Again good work on your blog. Keep up the awesome job in your blogs!
ReplyDeleteAhmad, you have a good, though somewhat brief, look at a pivotal scene where Dent's heroism is put into question. I only wished you had spent more time analyzing that moment instead of adding several others into the blog.
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