Gordon says that everyone knows that
Harvey Dent is Gotham's White Knight, and he certainly lives up to that
reputation in the beginning of the film, putting away mob bosses and showing no
fear or hesitation when threatened with a gun. When his fiancee is threatened,
things change; he's willing to use mental torture to get information. After his
accident, he kills some of those responsible and allows others to go free. He
threatens innocent people in an attempt at revenge. Does doing bad automatically
outweight all of the good he's done? Does temporary insanity (if he is insane)
excuse his actions?
From the Dark Knight movie i will admit it was my first time seeing it and most would have to take a second look throught to analyze a subject such as characteristics of a person. my thoughts on Harvey Dent's true nature is that he is the in between. Only because i belive that he wanted what was just to avenge the death of his girlfriend, but went about it the wrong way due to the Joker's highly influencing conversation he had with harvey in the hospital.
if harvet were to have been the hero he would have infact stopped the Joker dead in his tracks the momment the joker handed him the gun. but instead he heard what the Joker had to say and listened leading harvey in the wrong direction. playing him out to be more of the villain.
