A Convergence Study on Characters Storytelling of Film (2008) through Walter Benjamin's Violence Theory

Key Points

• The research examines how violence in The Dark Knight is characterized through Walter Benjamin's violence theory.
• Analyzed character storytelling in The Dark Knight using a theoretical framework based on Benjamin's violence concepts.
• Categorized characters into three types: Batman as legal violence, Harvey Dent as founding violence, and Joker as mythic violence.
• Conducted a detailed interpretation of violence structures within character narratives.
• Batman embodies the contradictions of legal violence as he enforces order through personal agency.
• Harvey Dent reveals the tragedy of founding violence by creating new rules in the name of justice.
• Joker operates outside the law, dismantling the cycle of violence through his mythic representation.