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Joker's Monomyth
Homero Cruz Hill
A00344674
The myths that inhabit us: from Prometheus to Marvel.
Gpo 90
04/06/21

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Arthur Fleck (Joker), from movie Joker (2019), by Todd Phillips

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He is fired from his job after some thugs beat him, robbed him and broke his poster.

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Although the Joker is portrayed as a lonely character who lacks mentoring, the mentoring is portrayed in the film both by the social worker who prescribed and listened to him, and even with the character played by Robert DeNiro as an involuntary mentor.

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This is presented in the subway scene where Arthur Fleck murders 3 men who first sought to annoy him, Joker finds himself in a situation where he is forced to use a gun to defend himself that he later uses to murder in cold blood.

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After murdering the men in the subway, Arthur Fleck, although very scared moments after he did it, falls into a realization that what he did caused him pleasant sensations and he feels a mini-catharsis. This couldn't be better exemplified than the way Todd Phillips does it with the scene of this character dancing in the bathroom.

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Once he passes through the first threshold, he faces various tests, for example the fact that the police are investigating him for the possible murder of the young people, his mentor (the social worker) will disappear due to a budget cut, he makes his first stand-up presentation, among others.

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Joaquin Phoenix's character meets and falls in love with a girl, who loves him, enjoys his company and even laughs at his stand-up jokes (or so he thinks).

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The character Murray Franklin, is a character who works on different levels, and where Arthur Fleck finds a father figure, this in addition to his biological mother, Penny Fleck, are the greatest father figures in Arthur's life, and both relationships end the same way. Although it may sound contradictory, the reconciliation with these characters happens when Arthur Fleck murders them, and this because once this happens, the protagonist does not feel any guilt or regret, but on the contrary he denotes a calm attitude, security and hope that was seen very few times in the movie.

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After having sent a message on live television and having murdered Murray Franklin, Arthur Fleck completes his personal and spiritual fulfillment, and from this moment the Joker "is out of all fear."

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The final gift is presented in the penultimate scene of the film, where a fulfilled and complete Joker is seen dancing on a car while a crowd cheers amid destruction of all kinds.

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Eventually, after murdering a celebrity on live television, Arthur Fleck is arrested and taken to a mental hospital where he is seen in the last scene. Despite being in prison, he seems very calm and satisfied with having done what he did, and even continues to commit atrocities in the hospital.