The Dark Knight Rises Literary Elements

The Dark Knight Rises Literary Elements

Director

Christopher Nolan

Leading Actors/Actresses

Christian Bale, Tom Hardy

Supporting Actors/Actresses

Marion Cotillard, Gary Oldman, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine

Genre

Action, Thriller

Language

English

Awards

n/a

Date of Release

2012

Producer

Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas

Setting and Context

Gotham City eight years after Harvey Dent's death.

Narrator and Point of View

POV is that of Bruce Wayne/Batman

Tone and Mood

Serious, Dramatic, Suspenseful

Protagonist and Antagonist

Protagonist is Bruce Wayne/Batman. Antagonists are Bane and Miranda Tate.

Major Conflict

Gotham City has been put on lock down with threat of nuclear blast if anyone leaves the city.

Climax

Batman carries the nuclear bomb outside of the city where it detonates saving the people of Gotham.

Foreshadowing

Selina dusting for Wayne's fingerprints foreshadows Wayne being pulled back into his life as Batman as a bigger plot is underway in the city.

Understatement

It is understated that Miranda Tate is the child of Ra's Al Ghul

Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques

n/a

Allusions

The nuclear energy program at Wayne Enterprises is an allusion to nuclear power being in the hands of the right or wrong people and the consequences of this kind of power.

Paradox

Selina betrays Batman time after time and yet paradoxically he continues to trust her to help him and save the city.

Parallelism

The "pit" prison is paralleled from the time Miranda and Bane were imprisoned there to when Bruce Wayne is put own there.

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