Gun (Symbol)Īfter hearing about how Arthur got beat up by the gang of boys, Arthur's coworker Randall gives him a gun for protection. This symbolic act, the murder, sets off a whole revolution in the city, even though it is without intention. While Arthur certainly has a great deal of malice towards the men on the subway, which has much to do with their class entitlement, unchecked sense of privilege, and arrogance, his act is not a calculated political one. It is a random and chaotic act, yet the citizens of Gotham interpret it as a symbol of a class uprising. Because he has a gun on him and he struggles with mental illness, he uses it against the men, and then becomes so incensed that he kills the third one in cold blood. Arthur's First Murder (Symbol)Īrthur's first murder, of the three businessmen who work for Wayne Enterprises, is primarily an act of self-defense against their violent beatings. Here, the "clown" becomes a symbol of the lower classes becoming impatient and rising up against Gotham's elite, wearing their marginality as a perversely proud symbol of their anger and rebellion. Members of the resistance sport clown masks and begin to riot in the streets. Arthur is an unhinged and malevolent version of this trope.Īdditionally, after Arthur murders the men on the subway, people take up the image of the "clown" as a symbol of a class uprising in Gotham. As a trope, the clown or the fool symbolizes someone who exists outside of society and subverts it to show the masses the truth. He is a clown who has been pushed to his limits and now has a completely demented sense of humor that hinges on violence. The image of Arthur as the clown symbolizes his marginality from society, the fact that he is a freak and a pariah.
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Then, he goes on Murray Franklin's show in a full clown costume, with dyed hair and whacky makeup. This inspires him to adopt the image of a clown as his persona when he becomes Joker. Then later, when he commits his first murder, he has just gotten off a job and is made up as a clown. The first shot of the film is Arthur applying clown makeup in the mirror, preparing for his day job as a hired clown.
Clown imagery surfaces at many different points throughout the film.
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