La Fleur du Mal Sprouting from Modernity

An Analysis on the Image of Joker

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210519.068How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Joker, Image, American Society, Modernity

Abstract

The movie Joker has racked up positive reviews at international film festivals and sparked some controversy about its messaging. From the perspective of modernity, this paper explores the relationship between the society where the protagonist of the film, Arthur lives in, and his criminal path. Although two fatherly characters in the film exert direct and far-reaching impacts on him, their behaviors would not be deprecated by then mainstream standard of rationality. As can be seen from that, modernity is the root of distorting human nature. The purpose of this study is to awaken the public’s empathy and reflect on the conflicts brought about by modernity through an analysis of Arthur’s tragedy.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Chengkun Jin
AU  - Jujie Wang
AU  - Min Zhou
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/05/20
TI  - La Fleur du Mal Sprouting from Modernity
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 349
EP  - 352
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210519.068
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210519.068
ID  - Jin2021
ER  -