Bonnie and Clyde Themes

Let's not mince words: crime can be both exciting and alluring. In the first scenes of Bonnie and Clyde, Clyde seduces Bonnie, not with his good looks (and certainly not with his sexual prowess), b...

All of the main characters in Bonnie and Clyde feel super-strong family ties—and these familial impulse usually makes every…miserable.After she runs away with Clyde, Bonnie has a strong desire...

Although both Bonnie and Clyde seem like peaceful people, the robberies they pull soon turn violent as others fight to keep their money.Very quickly, too, this violence escalates as law officers re...

When they start out together, Bonnie and Clyde see themselves and each other as special—people who are too good to lead humdrum lives and who are also clever enough to rob banks, successfully eva...

Bonnie and Clyde shows us the sticky the relationship between crime and celebrity: achieving notoriety as a result of being notorious. Almost immediately, our "heroes" become media sensations. Peop...