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Harvey Dent

Duality of man. Harvey Dent presents that classic battle in the mind between the fiery, mercurial emotion of chaos and the serene, measured morality of order. And neither way is right. That's the best part of Harvey Dent. Two-Face always plays as the absolute wrong for Batman, but time has presented a strong argument that the dominance of an ordered personality can be just as devastating for Gotham. Harvey Dent is always a monomaniacally focused man; the argument can be made that Two-Face is the same way. The pull between two agendas, two end goals, two motivations in one body is at its best here because that pull ultimately comes from the same mind. The man himself isn't divided; the personality of the man is fractured. But those fractures run deep and can often present as if there are two men involved in the decision making process. It's a subtle but distinct difference. In any event, Two-Face is the primary representation of a motif that fills every nook and cranny in Gotham. Batman plays dual roles as both the Dark Knight and Bruce Wayne. The Ventriloquist physically differentiates two distinct personalities in his gimmick. The mask of Scarecrow creates a physical outer shell for Jonathan Crane, promoting an entirely different sort of dual persona. The examples run deep in DC. It's awesome.
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