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An analysis of the Fleming novel ’Bond Girls’
Sep 19 2009, 1:06 PM EDT
I have noticed a pattern of the women in the Ian Fleming Bond Novels. It is as follows:Blondes – The favorite of Ian Fleming. They represented lost innocence and had almost an angelic quality. Example: Tiffany Case, Honey Chile Rider, Jill Masterson, Domino Vitali, and Tracy Draco. It doesn’t mean that they were innocent or angles. It is just they turn out be the “good” women. Redheads – These women represented moral ambiguities or conflict. Only three Redheads in the Bond novels; Gala Brand; Tatiana Romanova; and Viv Michal. Even though Brand did not have sex with Bond, Bond did see her nude and they came close to, pardon the pun, bonding. Romanova did not want to sleep with Bond, but she did because it was her duty. She eventually became conflicted. Was her duty to the State or to her new love. Viv Michal was conflicted with her attitude regarding her simple upbringing versus the cold realities of the modern world. The battle between these two came ahead at the motor lodge where she worked. Brunettes – These women represented pending danger or Doom. Prime examples Vesper Lynd; Simone Latrelle (wherever she and Bond went – So did Mr Big’s men); Tilly Masterton (the real lesbian in “Goldfinger”) and ***** Galore. In “On her Majesty’s Secret Service”, The 00 pool ‘s secretary Leolia Ponsonby is replaced by Mary Goodnight at the beginning of “Corona”. Do you find this valuable? |
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