Language In Casino Royale

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How the language used in James Bond’s ‘Casino Royale’ represents the power struggle between men and women?
Introduction
When Vesper Lynd deduced that Bond typically saw his women as “disposable pleasures” rather than “meaningful pursuits”, she hit the nail on the head. Ian Fleming’s first spy thriller novel, ‘Casino Royale’ written in 1953 begins at the start of Bond’s career, and since then women in the film franchise have become a brand, with similar traits- sexy, glamorous and seducible, but also very dangerous. Historically, Bond girls don’t speak much and tend to fall under Bond’s spell allowing him to dominate conversations. In the film adaptation, ‘Casino Royale’ (2006), starring Daniel Craig as James Bond, the Bond girl, Vesper Lynd almost broke the mould. Bond and his girl were made almost equals, with Vesper being more capable, tougher and more resilient, but like her predecessors she had to die, thus giving Bond a further motive to go after the bad guy. In the light of this, I want to investigate how the language used by Vesper Lynd and James Bond in ‘Casino Royale’ is affected by power, …show more content…

I found there weren’t any significant differences between the two, just minor contrasts, for example different syntax structures. This was due to the fact that the online script was published in 2005 and the film was released in 2006, so slight changes may have been made between the two. Out of all of the films in the Bond franchise, I chose to focus on Casino Royale because it is generally regarded as the first film where Bond meets his match, Vesper, a woman with equal wits and charm. Specifically, I chose the first three scenes in which Bond and Vesper first become acquainted with one another, due to the length of the

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