Rachel Dawes was Bruce Wayne's childhood friend and love interest who served as Gotham City's assistant district attorney and fought against corruption in the city. Before her death at the hands of the Joker, she was one of the few people who knew the Batman's true identity.
The conflict between Bruce's love for her and his secret life as Batman is one of the main themes of the first two films in the trilogy, while her death in The Dark Knight partly motivates his actions in the final film, The Dark Knight Rises.
Rachel meets up with Bruce the morning after, having seen how he'd changed into a better man. She confesses her love for him, but says that as long as Batman is around, there would always be distance between them.
Batman chooses to save Rachel, while Commissioner Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) moves to save who he thinks is Harvey. But in actuality, The Joker has used Bruce's love for Rachel as an Achilles' Heel, and it leads him to being tricked into really saving Harvey.
Final Scene with Bruce Wayne and Rachel Dawes in Batman Begins (2005)
What illness does Bruce Wayne have?
Mental Disorder: After the death of his parents, Bruce suffered from immense trauma, and Leslie Thompkins was quick to diagnose him with acute anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and other diagnoses. Along with conditions related to his trauma, Leslie also speculated he may be on the autism spectrum.
The Joker tricked him. Though he gave the addresses where the both of them were tied up, he mixed them up intentionally. The Joker figured out that Batman would go to save Rachel first, and that would mean he will abandon Harvey. By changing their addresses, he ensured that Batman saves Harvey instead.
I'm going to marry Harvey Dent. I love him, and I want to spend the rest of my life with him. When I told you that if Gotham no longer needed Batman we could be together, I meant it. But now I'm sure the day won't come when *you* no longer need Batman.
The sense of loss and justice is too strong in Bruce, and no matter what he says, she felt he will never be able to give up being Batman. Rachel Dawes likely chose Harvey Dent over Bruce Wayne because she saw the potential in him to become a great hero, while she did not believe that Bruce had the capacity to be one.
Alfred burns the letter because it's the kindest thing to do. Already grieving for his lost love, learning that Rachel planned to ditch him for Harvey Dent would offer no solace to Bruce, and only deepen his depression.
Katie Holmes had nothing against Rachel Dawes or Nolan's Batman trilogy; she simply had the desire to explore other roles at the time. In fact, instead of returning as Rachel Dawes for The Dark Knight, she appeared as Jackie Truman in Mad Money.
It is then revealed that the Joker's real name is "Jack Oswald White." Martha then shares that she visited the Flashpoint universe's version of Jack Oswald White, discovering him to be a struggling family man supporting his wife and a child as a janitor at Wayne Casino.
Rachel Dawes was Bruce Wayne's childhood friend and love interest who served as Gotham City's assistant district attorney and fought against corruption in the city. Before her death at the hands of the Joker, she was one of the few people who knew the Batman's true identity.
The Joker knew Batman would choose her after seeing him dive out of a window for her, so he intentionally mixed up the locations of the two. This was just another way for the Joker to hurt Batman.
Harvey Dent claimed he was Batman, which the Joker admitted he believed at first, especially after seeing how Batman threw himself out of a window to save Rachel Dawes, but with Dent out of the equation, the only other person who would care so much for Rachel to save her was Bruce Wayne (who mysteriously disappeared ...
Conversation. [ #TheBatman MINOR SPOILERS ] Bruce Wayne is confronted by an anonymous, angry citizen at the mayor's funeral. This man, played by Douglas Russell, is one of Riddler's followers, who call themselves the "Bitter Nobodies." It's a name that reflects how society has treated them.
What did Rachel say to Bruce at the end of Batman Begins?
Rachel Dawes : [Rachel touches Bruce's face] No, no, *this*... is your mask. Your real face is the one that criminals now fear. The man I loved - the man who vanished - he never came back at all.
Summary. Katie Holmes was replaced by Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes in "The Dark Knight," but her exit was due to personal preference, not creative differences.
Should the flipped coin land on the unblemished side, the Joker would live. However, should it fall on the burnt half, he would die. The flip of the coin lands in the Joker's favor, however, and Dent lets the man leave.
Why did the Joker take the risk of placing a gun in Harvey Dent's hand? Beacause he's a master manipulator. He knew that there was a 50/50 chance that Dent would pull the trigger especially in his current mental state. He wanted to mess with him.
In the pages of Action Comics #1028, Superman reveals that, when seeking guidance, he often goes to Martian Manhunter before consulting with other heroes - a perhaps surprising glimpse into the personal lives of the Justice League, especially given that J'onn J'onzz is a character often forgotten when fans are ...
Tim Drake can rival Batman's skills as a detective, and even exceed them. He proved his keen analytical mind when he deduced Batman and Robin's true identities based on context clues alone. More than that, Tim is the only Robin to volunteer for the position without personal loss as his motivation.
