Comments by "BlackFlagsNRoses" (@blackflagsnroses6013) on "Analyzing Evil: The League Of Shadows From Batman/The Dark Knight Trilogy" video.

  1. The most interesting thing to me is Nolan’s use of Tale of Two Cities as inspiration. Bane and his actions here are portrayed as an allegory of the French Revolution. Bane is Robespierre and the League perpetrate a Reign of Terror like the Jacobins. They attacks the Gotham Stock Exchange, where greed and corruption financially enslave the common worker, an allegory of the Occupy Wall Street movement that was still fresh in people’s minds when the film released. Releasing the prisoners and freeing the downtrodden (whether they were truly criminals or not) is like the storming of the Bastille. Ultimately Nolan portrays the terrors that can come with Revolution, a cause for change and to change the system leading to another tyranny. Though in the DKR the Revolution was a smokescreen for the League’s real agenda. The French Revolution was a real movement that shook a continent and struck fear into the elites and rulers. My take away is that Gotham deserves baptism by fire, there is so much corruption and even the victory of the Dark Knight was a corrupt scheme that weighed on the consciousness of Gordon. The League created a revolt for their own sinister means, but the corruption and inequality persisted. Batman’s peace was a false one, criminals aren’t only street gangs, thugs, and organized crime. Batman didn’t fight the white collar criminals and elitists that sustain the elements that lead poverty to criminality. The source remained
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