Moral Hero and Immoral World: A Study of Ethics in "Watchmen"

Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 2,7, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (Department of English and Linguistics), course: Reading American Comics, language: English, abstract: Watchmen belongs to the most complex comics ever published by DC Comics and tackles a grand variety of themes on a tectonical level. This paper will particular shed light on the actions and conduct of Veidt and Rorschach. By doing so, it will discuss whether their behavior is - according to our Western system of values - morally and ethically sustainable. Another question this paper will touch upon is to which degree both characters deconstruct our classical notion of the superhero.

Product details

• Authors: Mario Nsonga
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.01.2013
• EAN: 9783656354239
• ISBN: 978-3-656-35423-9
• No. of pages: 24
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 51 g
• Series: Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V207834; Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V207834
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics