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This 7 page paper consider two of James Bonds female protagonists and compares them in order to consider how they are representations of society at the time the film was made. The writer considers issues such as stereotyping, social expectations and the way in which equal rights and changing culture have reflected on the exceptions of, and for, women. The writer argues that these two characters demonstrate the changes, but also engender the continuing inequality of the sexes. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
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was originally a series of books and novellas by ex British Secret Service man Ian Fleming coupled with a continuance of books after his death in the 1960s by authors
such as Kingsley Amis. It was Amis who wrote Colonel Sun followed by many other authors who have brought Bond into the modern day has had many enemies from those
of SMERSH, SPECTRE and many independent organizations. We can argue that as the films were made they were products of the capacity in which they were shown and the
perceptions of the society which made them. Although it is expected that Bonds enemies are men, he has, in the typical style
of the brash MI6 agent, been called upon to lay a few women to rest as he battles them. It is most notably in these women that we see the
reflection of socieities attitude towards women manifest. For example, the first woman Bond faces in the Metro Goldwyn Mayer series of films is a secretary on the island of
Jamaica in Dr No (1962). Although like the first protagonist in the latest Bond film to be released "The World is Not Enough" (2000) she poses little threat to
him, as her role is different, it is merely to delay and keep him occupied whilst another, a man, attempts his assassination. The role of women changes a great
deal over the time between the films and this is reflected in the way the films are made and the characters given to the female protagonists.
The main protagonist within the most recent Bond film is Elektra King, unlike many of Bonds female enemies she is a rich young woman who has
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