Elena Agathokleous 
A View of Ethics in Alan Moore’s Comic Books ‘Watchmen’ 

Essay from the year 2021 in the subject Ethics, grade: B, , language: English, abstract: This essay discusses the characters in Alan Moore’s comic book maxiseries ‘Watchmen’ in relation to Ethics.

In postmodernism there is a simultaneous existence of a variety of discourses that promote different values in the same space. Postmodern narratives rely more on references, pastiches and the questioning of grand narratives with an emphasis on plurality and heterogeneity.

One such narrative is Moore’s ‘Watchmen’ a graphic novel that artistically and skillfully deconstructs the super hero genre and is full of multiplicities about morality and justice.