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The Joker: "I believe whatever doesn't kill you, simply makes you stranger." (Clip from The Dark Knight for context)
I think it's a great line, but what does it mean? And how is it twisted?
Answer
This is my opinion. How do I see the dialogue from the legendary actor.
‘Whatever doesn’t kill you, makes you . . . stranger,’ the old proverb is actually derived from Nietzsche -‘Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’.
I think Ledger takes it as a kind of pun. The Joker likes to tell stories about how he got the scars and how did he suffer in his childhood. As a kid, he was asked to laugh by his drunken father whilst his mother was being assaulted. The Joker tries to make everybody understand that we all live in the world of fiction. The Joker builds up stories that manifest not only his indifference to the truths but also his weird thoughts.
The worst things never killed him but made him stronger. BUT, he's a joker, always masked and thus stranger. Having this said, the things that don't kill you (the worst circumstances and events in his life) makes (him) you the stranger (the Joker). In simple words, this deadly strange face is due to the worst things happened in his life those were fatal but did not kill him leaving him strong, inhuman and cruel.
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