The Penguin is monstrous character with his flippers for
hands, a spherical head, a bigger spherical body, two short bandy legs, a beak
for a nose, and a filthy union suit for clothes. He eats fish and drools green
gunk. He’s horrifying and repulsive. How could such a creature be comparable to
the Batman? The similarities between the two characters are all internal
battles within themselves. Both have shared the pain of abandonment. Bruce
Wayne’s parents were murdered when he was only a boy. Penguin’s parents had
left him to die after his birth. Both characters also have trouble identifying
with the rest of society, as well as identifying with themselves. Batman’s
spilt personality between crime fighter and wealthy man toils with him as an
individual, creating our beloved complex character. The Penguin attempts to
join the outside world, and even run for mayor, but then realizes that he is
nothing like the rest of the human population. At one point in the film,
Penguin asks to be called Oswald but eventually resents the name.
“You’re just jealous because I’m a real freak!” the Penguin
shouts at Batman at the climax, and Batman responds by saying “You may be
right.”
These
lines only go more into the idea of the internal conflicts the characters
share.
The development of
conflict in the film is based on the Penguins scheme for revenge. He wants
revenge for his abandonment. Therefore, he sets out to murder Gotham’s first
born sons. That’s what he wants to do at the beginning of the movie, and that’s
what he wants to do at the end of the movie. In a way this is also a comparison
between the two characters. Bruce Wayne seeks revenge for the murdering of his
parents and as a result becomes Batman. Together they create commotion. They
are revengeful characters because of their internal conflicts. Batman wants to
let out his rage on criminals and set the city straight. The Penguin wants to
bring attention to his pain by killing young children. Their struggle for
answers and justice creates the film and develops the conflict.
This is Dylan Seals' comment~
ReplyDeleteGood intro of the penguin and segue into the similarities. I missed that quote in the movie- that's some deep stuff. Did the penguin want to kill the new born sons in the beginning? I thought when he first got out he just wanted to find his parents, but I could be wrong. Anyway nice comparisons and post all together.
May I just start of with I love your blog! Your introduction was just perfect! The way you compared their physical features and how they look nothing alike, but then went into how they both share so much emotionally. The two both have similar goals in life, just in two different directions. Penguin is more focused on the evil cynical things in life, while Batman is mostly about the good in the world.
ReplyDeleteAs for your second quote, PERFECT! As we all know Batman is not truly jealous of Penguin, but this shows that Batman does have this part of him that wants to be different from everyone else. To Dylan's comment, yes Penguin was to kill the new born sons in the begging. He put on the act that he wanted to find his parents so he could get into the records and find all the names of his the first born sons and made his list then. But then Penguin, through out the movie sort of changes. Like Gabby said, he goes by Oswald for a time period in the movie. This is when he is sort of excepted by everyone and doesn't feel the need to be an outcast and be called by Penguin, but as soon as the citizens dislike him again, he goes back to the name Penguin.
Anyways, great blog! I loved it!!
-Caitlin Wadsworth
May I just start of with I love your blog! Your introduction was just perfect! The way you compared their physical features and how they look nothing alike, but then went into how they both share so much emotionally. The two both have similar goals in life, just in two different directions. Penguin is more focused on the evil cynical things in life, while Batman is mostly about the good in the world.
ReplyDeleteAs for your second quote, PERFECT! As we all know Batman is not truly jealous of Penguin, but this shows that Batman does have this part of him that wants to be different from everyone else. To Dylan's comment, yes Penguin was to kill the new born sons in the begging. He put on the act that he wanted to find his parents so he could get into the records and find all the names of his the first born sons and made his list then. But then Penguin, through out the movie sort of changes. Like Gabby said, he goes by Oswald for a time period in the movie. This is when he is sort of excepted by everyone and doesn't feel the need to be an outcast and be called by Penguin, but as soon as the citizens dislike him again, he goes back to the name Penguin.
Anyways, great blog! I loved it!!
-Caitlin Wadsworth