The Dark Knight Saga/WMG: Difference between revisions

** This fits in with the first one, which had many allusions to the story of {{''[[Faust}}]]''. Just like Dr. Faust, Bruce Wayne is a dissatisfied intellectual who yearns for more than his social standing can give him. It's at this critical time that [[Devil in Plain Sight|Ra's Al Ghul]] comes in and offers Bruce the chance to [[Deal With the Devil|become a legend]], just like Mephistopheles. Another parallel includes Bruce's relationship with [[Brainy Brunette|Rachel]], whose innocence stands as [[Broken Bird|potential collateral damage]] for [[The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life|Bruce's vigilantism]]. And like later interpretations of the Faustian legend, Bruce ultimately rejects Rha's deceptions and strives for the greater good. And to top it all off? The play that the Waynes go to see on the night of their murder is [[At the Opera Tonight|Arrigo Boito's ''Mefistofele'']], a retelling of Faust. This just leaves the question: which gothic pseudo-Christian myth involving the devil will ''The Dark Knight Rises'' be based on? [[The Divine Comedy|''Dante's Inferno'']]?