Film Noir: The double indemnity. 

The women in the film shows the typical characteristics of women and their manners. The two women that had a huge role in the movie were Lola Dietrichson and Phyllis. Their characteristics are portrayed differently. Lola is emotional and can not control her emotions without the help of men and Phyllis is portrayed as an deceptive woman. These roles are a bit sexist towards women but were the roles given at the time.

The entire plot consists with these two women. The first person is Lola which is emotionally crazy due to the deaths of her mother and father . The cause of those deaths are Phyllis and to cope with all of her emotional issues, she decides to go out with Walter. This goes back to how women are portrayed because Lola starts to get a grip on life once she was with a man. The sexism is clear because she wasn’t sane before she met a man. Phyllis’s character is the villain. She commits murder out of personal gain and sees no use for them. This is why her character is deceptive.

This movie shows the typical view on women by portraying them as either crazy or emotionally not stable. The roles did make the movie better but are not politically correct to society because women are independent and are equal to men. Yet these roles were necessary to make the movie fit the plot.