Gospel According to Spiderman

In the Gospel According to Spider-man Niall Richardson compares Spider-man and other super heroes to Christianity and Jesus. He often uses the quote from the movie Spider-man which says "With great power comes  great responsibility." This compares to the previous reading about privilege because power is a definite privilege. It is a great privilege to be able to have super natural abilities and Uncle Ben realizes this and tries to get Peter Parker to understand as well. Throughout the movie this quote is repeated because in order to be a real superhero Spider-man needs to realize that he has great responsibility. He can no longer just look out for himself, he has to look out for the city, the world. Being a superhero means that he must be a savior in a sense. He must save the people from the evil one. Throughout the movie there are numerous ways that one can compare spider-man to Jesus, and has been done. One can also compare the green goblin to Satan, which is also done. Because Spider-man has the strength and the ability to defeat the villain, who has been hurting many people of which spider-man might or might not know, he has the responsibility to defeat him.