Feminist view on Bonnie and Clyde and Thelma and Louise

     In the films Bonnie and Clyde and Thelma and Louise we see that they are both portraying dynamic duos but in one of them they are both females. Both films defy the typical characteristics of gender roles in society. The show how quickly a women can change into a man. Also we see how characters react to the sweet taste of freedom. Also how that ends for them.

     We see in Bonnie and Clyde they are living this life full of sex, guns and crime. Bonnie started out as this girl using her sexuality to almost take control of Clyde's mind (left). In the opening scene, we see that Bonnie caught Clyde in the middle of robbing a car. She stands by the window naked, using her sexuality to use Clyde to get her out of the life she is living. She was the one that wanted the sex, showing the change in gender roles as Bonnie becomes more of the male in there relationship. In this scene (right) we see that Bonnie has the cigar and gun in her hand and she is standing in a very manly way. She is breaking away form that very famine character. 

     In the film Thelma and Louise we see two women who are tired of living the life they are living. They want to go away on a trip to the mountains. We see that Thelma is more of the famine character and Louise is more of the man in there duo. When Thelma first picks up the gun she is almost scared to touch it but as the film goes on she start to change. She turns into this male figure. She is the one that made the cop whimper like a little girl which also shows how quickly the gender roles change.