Batman

Batman is a combination of all of the types of heroes that we've discussed in class. He is the archetypal hero, as we see through examples of the heroes' journey. (Alfred, Bat-gadgets, problems with his parents, etc.) He's also an anti-hero because of his methods of taking the law into his own hands. But if I were to make case for what type of hero Batman is, I would say he isn't a hero or that he is the tragic hero. He's a tragic hero because he'll never be able to complete his journey. he won't kill these villains, thus they'll keep retuning to haunt him. He can stop their schemes from occurring, but he's still at their discretion. Also, batman has made it his life's mission, he has dedicated his all to it, (even his alter-ego of Bruce Wayne is a tool utilized by Batman), but the thing is, Batman creates his villains. They are all fixed on him and all of these characters are drawn to Gotham out of some sort of fixation on the Caped Crusader. At some point, their lives were all molded somehow by Batman. You could also argue that Batman is not a hero, and in fact he is just as crazy as the Joker, or Two-Face, or Killer Croc, or whoever. And really, batman could stop all of this mayhem, but due to his own beliefs, he is actually causing more harm to Gotham than good. batman is just as insane as his villains, but just due to luck, he fights on the side of the law and not with his villainous counterparts, but hte essence of Batman and his rogues are all the same.