Shaping the Hero: The Achillean Figure Within Batman
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2014
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Haverford College. Department of Classics
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My thesis studies how the figure of Achilles in Homer's Iliad informs and shapes the character of Batman in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Trilogy. I closely examine the significant effects that Achilles and Batman's interpersonal relationships have on their emotional complexities. In doing so, I argue that these relationships to other ordinary characters shape their heroic journeys. In particular, I closely analyze the role that anger and rage play and the ways in which Batman's character deviates from and follows the model set before by Achilles. In doing this, I hope to illustrate how much of an both heroes increase our understanding of heroism and how antiquity remains culturally relevant.