Feltes- Catwoman's Complexity

Catwoman is an incredibly complex development of Selina Kyle's personality created after her boss, Max Shreck, throws her out of the window of his office, and she miraculously survives. After surviving, Selina goes back to her house, stitches up a black leather costume, and adopts an incredibly sexualized persona. The first thing we see that Catwoman does is rescue a woman from a mugger on the streets of Gotham. Then, after saving the victim, Catwoman turns on her and tells her she needs to be able to defend herself. Selina Kyle actually meets Batman before Catwoman is created, when Penguins thugs are rioting at the lighting of the Gotham Christmas tree, hosted by Max Shreck. Batman ends up saving her from being attacked by a thug, marking the start of their complex relationship. The next time they meet, it is as Bruce Wayne after a meeting with Max Shreck, with her as Selina Kyle. Selina is very different from the subdued, overworked secretary we saw before Shreck threw her out his window. Interestingly enough, Bruce ends up asking her out to dinner, which she agrees to. The next time they meet, it is when Batman witnesses Selina Kyle blow up part of the Shreck building, and they end up getting into a pretty brutal fight where Batman tries incredibly hard not to kill Catwoman, but ends up dropping her off of the side of a building. This is the point when Catwoman starts to hate Batman, and ends up meeting with Penguin in an attempt to conspire against Batman. This is paralleled by the relationship between Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle, who end up eating dinner at the Wayne house the night that Penguin challenges the Mayor to re-light the Gotham City Christmas tree. Bruce Wayne and Selina both desire the other, which is at complete contrast with how Catwoman desires Batman dead because he interfered with her plans to wreck havoc and destroy the Shreck building. They both end up running out on their date so that they can go to city hall as their other personas, and end up getting into another fight. Eventually, the Penguin betrays Catwoman, and Bruce and Selina end up discovering each other’s dual persona at Max Shrecks party. They don’t have any more character development as Bruce and Selina, because at the end of the movie, Catwoman disappears, and Batman thinks her dead when the Penguins layer collapses.