Wider Contexts: Kill Bill Vol 1 Analysis Fight Scene

In this short scene of Kill Bill Vol 1, the opening shows a long shot of Uma Thurman's character(The Bride) walking towards an house, that from its appearance shows that the area is classy, upper-middle class, peaceful area, this can be highlighted by the slow jingle, a nursery rhyme that is being played as she approaches the house.When Vivica Fox's character opens the door, Thurman's character starts reminiscing as she looks towards her enemy, there are flashes of red highlighting danger, consequences of previous actions, aggression and blood. This can also show that whilst Fox's Character has a daughter and has motherly instincts and love, it can also prove that she is equally as dangerous and also independent as we see no male presence in this particular scene. When Thurman's character is fighting Fox's character they are also shown to be very aggressive towards one another and also equally as strong, and therefore subverting away from female stereotypes of being caring and innocent. Also in the scene they are countering the stereotype role that is associated with a female where a medium shot is used to highlight the brutal beating on each other with any thing they can find such as being thrown into plates, display stands being thrown on to their bodies and fighting with knives and other kitchen items.However towards the end of the scene, they immediately stop fighting as Fox's daughter enters the house and seeing the carnage they have caused once again highlighting the innocence of Fox's daughter they display motherly affections by speaking to her in a normal tone. It can also be noticed that whilst Fox's and Thurman's characters are strong, independent characters in different ways they are seen to be promiscuous from the male audience relating to Mulvey's theory of "Male Gaze" due to both characters wearing tight clothing as they fight can be seen as them being sexually promiscuous despite the fact that they is much more masculinity with the way they are fighting.In this scene we also hear more vulgar language used such as "Come on Bitch" and " Look Bitch" which can once again highlights their masculinity as these words are not commonly associated with the stereotype female that are portrayed.