Monday, March 9, 2015
Rorschach the Outlaw, will he cause problems?
It's very clear, just from reading book one in Watchmen, that Rorschach is an Outlaw, this kind of crazy guy who really has no ethical subjectivism at all. He is so black and white, right or wrong, that he can't truly be taken seriously by the other members his this Superhero team, which is problematic in its own right, as he is the only one taking it seriously to begin with. A couple of examples of this are when he calls rape "a moral lapse" or says that people had a chance to be good, and should have been good men, like his father or Harry Truman. He isn't keen on picking up other's emotions, this is especially clear when he can't really tell that nobody else is taking him seriously. I also believe his mask is very symbolic of his character. It's black and white, much like Rorschach's views on the world, but it's also always symmetric. I think that kind of fits Rorschach in a way because, while he is an outlaw, and does stuff his way, he has this sort of view on the world that is kind of "even" to him, which I think the symmetry might symbolize. Your thoughts?
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While I agree that Rorschach sees the world in a very black and white light, I think that the Rorschach test fits his personality for a different reason. Rorschach's actions are very ambiguous. The things he does can be justified by a reader, but other readers may not agree with those actions. I think it is this ambiguity that relates him to the Rorschach test. People look at the ink blots and see all different kinds of things, and I think that the same goes for Rorschach.
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