Chapter 2: Image Analysis

In chapter two of the Watchmen, there were a variety of images that could have been significantly important, but one stood out to me as the most important image of the chapter. On page 28 of chapter two, there is an image of Rorschach visiting where the funeral of the Comedian took place earlier that day. It’s raining and he’s standing beside Edward Morgan Blake’s death stone holding a single rose that was placed in front of the stone during the funeral. The rose Rorschach is holding seems a brighter red that the other roses.


This image is significantly important because it shows that there is at least someone who cares about the death Edward Morgan Blake, also known as the Comedian. A bouquet of roses is shown in the background lying beside Blake’s stone. Most of them seem as if they are dying, sort of losing their color. But when Rorschach picks one up, the rose clearly shows to be filled with life, and color. As it has been started throughout the novel, most of his friends or people who knew him, did not feel pity for his death, instead they felt relief and believe he deserved what he got.

In chapter one, we encountered almost the same moment and feelings. On page 5 of chapter one, Rorschach finds the Comedians yellow smiley face pin. As he picks it up and stares at it, he feels a sense of urge and determination to find out who killed him. In chapter two at the funeral, Rorschach receives a similar feeling when he holds the roses for the Comedian’s funeral. Unlike all the other super heroes, Rorschach was the only one who had the most sympathy and respect for him. Blake Edward was his partner and knew the most about Blake’s lonely life.