Research Into Film: Similar Characters

Similar Characters. 

Hayley Stark - Hard Candy

Hayley is a manipulative and resentful teenage girl who is clearly mentally unstable. Although her psysical appearance does not show her true colours, unlike the lead character in our film, their personalities and motives are very similar. In Hard Candy, Hayley chats with 32 year old Jeff Kohlver over the internet. Fourteen year old Hayley flirts with him in spite of the age difference and proposes to go to his house. When she gets their, she prepares a drink for him which she spikes. When he wakes up, he is tied to a chair and Hayley accuses him of being a paedophile. She then begins to torture him for revenge. Hayley shares many similarities with Lucinda, as they are both seeking revenge and have mental issues. They are both provoked by something that causes them to flip and become homicidal. Their age is also very similar. and they are both of the same gender.

Beatrix Kiddo - Kill Bill 

Primarily known as The Bride (codename Black Mamba), is on a revenge mission where she is hunting her victims. We are meant to be detached emotionally from her as a character until her name is finally revealed as Beatrix Kiddo by Bill. This is when we see the character as fully vulnerable and when she opens up her emotions. This is similar to our lead character as we do not want our audience to understand her level of insanity. Also, Beatrix is hunting down gang members that she finds out killed her baby after she had been in a four year coma. So in both films, both of the characters are seeking revenge on someone who has hurt/killed their loved ones. This helps the viewers empathise with the characters despite their unorthodox actions. Both characters are willing to shed blood in order to get the revenge that they desire so badly.