Historical Task..

Double Indemnity (1944)

This film is able to exploit the man for being the weaker compared to the women as throughout the film the female charcter is shown to be in control and have enough power in order to manipulate the male character. The females character in the film is the "whore" as she plays the bad women, as in not caring that she is only using the male charcter in order to meet her own needs.
The plot of the film shows the main female character aiming to murder her husband and is able to manipulate the male charcter to help her. The fact that the women in the film has the most power and is able to manipulate the male character with her good looks challenges Gunters thoery that in films women were more passive and presented as the weaker charcter. It is evident from the film that the male chracter is the weaker as he is easily influced by the female.
The female charcter in this film compared to the females in the film material girls contrast as in double indemnity she is presented to the audience as not being the typical blonde, as in being stupid and dim, however one in which is clever and is able to use her sexuality in order to get what she wants. Looking at the material girls film both of the main female charcters enjoy life and are fully aware of what they want from it.
The film is able to show the audience the ways in which blonde womens roles within film have changed over time, however quite a few of the characteristics of them have not changed and still have been presented in films today. The blonde in the film is manipulative and uses her good looks in order to get the males to do what she wants which is similiar to the female charcters in the meaterial girls film.