True Protagonist: Batman

Although Batman may seem as a threat to society, his true intentions to protect Gotham and being self righteous symbolizes the true knight, the dark knight. Unlike Dent, Batman accomplishes his task though hidden and undetectable ways. This allows for freedom and the necessity of being unknown. Without these key points, Batman would lose the symbol of a force because he would abide by the law and analyzed easily by his enemies. An example of this is when Nolan creates a scene using low key lighting involving Batman, Dent, and Gordon. The same light projector described above to signal for batman is shown first to provide the necessary lighting that Dent represents. The light is later turned off as Batman appears. The lower lighting illustrates a mysterious unknown identity which describes Batman’s approach to society. The scene continues with Dent and Gordon arguing over the capturing of the mob’s accountant Lau. Eventually in another series of events Batman captures Lau by using his hidden tactics that he symbolizes and brings him to Dent and Gordon. The selfless deed that Batman provided for Dent is never discovered by Gotham and instead the only event they notice is Lau being captured by Dent. Batman does not need to receive the credit because he needs Dent to represent justice in the view of society thus making him the true knight who carries Gotham’s hope.