The Femme Fatale who is fatal to
herself. Frustrated and deviant, half predator, half prey, detached yet
ensnared, she falls victim to her own traps. This new type of woman,
manipulative and hard bitten as her environment, ready to trade shots with
anyone. "Notes on Film Noir"
The “Femme Fatale” in the novel Double indemnity who is named Phyllis Dietrichson is very much like its definition in the handouts we received, a Deadly Woman. This woman knows exactly what she wants. She is well aware of her sexual attractiveness and knows with that alone, she can cunningly and ruthlessly manipulate the minds of male counterparts to obtain whatever she wants. Inviting Walter over her house with next to nothing on her body, she knew that Walter would succumb to her sexiness and she could talk him into helping her “accidentally” kill her husband. Well it worked. Walter and her conversation lead readers to believe they had an intimate encounter. Then after, Walter and Phyllis plot out to kill her husband. Just like that Phyllis has the fate of Walter and Mr. Dietrichson in her hands. Walter becomes a key methodical factor of Phyllis’ ultimate goal, a henchman to help carry out her heinous plan.
I believe her name was Phyllis Nirdlinger because she was Mr. Nirdlinger's wife. She is definitely the femme fatale character in this book. She is a blonde hair blue eyed beauty. She uses her looks to seduce the insurance agent Walter Huff into killing her husband for no good reason but a measly $50,000.Mr. Huff plays both sides of the law by committing fraud and murder. So far the book is good and I cant wait to read whats to come.
ReplyDeleteMy bad that's her name in the film sorry!
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