Final Topics 1
What is the term for the belief that all of life's events are already planned out and that we have no true control?
Determinism
What does the term "Who watches the Watchmen" mean?
Who holds those in charge responsible?
Who was killed on Halloween by some thugs?
Hollis Mason (first Nite Owl)
Doctor Manhattan's skin is blue as he works for America. What color would be his communist counterpart if he had one?
Red
When did Action Comics #1 get released?
June 1938
Rorschach describes the world in black and white, no in betweens. What kind of morality matches that description?
Absolute Morality
What's the name of the metafictional comic within Watchmen?
Tales of the Black Freighter.
Who is Laurie's father?
Comedian
What is the clock face in between chapters representative of?
Doomsday clock.
What is "the Marvel method"?
Having writers do the general plot and the illustrator work on the finer plot details.
What is the full term for the belief that humans have control over their actions?
Libertarian Free Will
Nihilism
Why does Jon return to Earth?
Laurie's birth surprises him and makes him realize that humans are special.
What is the name of Veidt's line of perfume?
Nostalgia
Who created Batman?
Bob Kane and Bill Finger
What is deconstruction?
Breaking down a genre into its smallest parts to analyze cliches, stereotypes, and conventions.
What is juxtaposition?
Having two or more purposely contrasting images that highlight each others similarities and differences.
Who is found to be behind everything?
Adrian Veidt
What is the symbol on Manhattan's forehead and why did he choose it?
Hydrogen atom. He said it was the simplest atom, but it also represents the hydrogen bomb.
Seduction of the Innocent
Name at least 5 of the critical lenses we discussed.
Reader-Response, New Criticism (Formalism), Gender, Marxist, Psychoanalytical, New Historicism, Archetypal
Pick a symbol in Watchmen and explain its significance.
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What is the name of the newspaper that both stands by the masked vigilantes and was the one that Rorschach bought?
The Frontiersman
Sally Jupiter lives at Nepenthe gardens. What does Nepenthe represent?
A calming drink that makes you forgetful from The Odyssey
Before superhero comics, what were commonly read for cheap that inspired the creation of many superheroes?
Pulp Fiction (Doc Savage, Shadow, Buck Rogers)