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    Master Thesis
    Scapegoats: the Femme Fatales of World War Ii
    (Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2014) Bozcu, Merve; Tüzün, Defne; Tüzün, Defne
    The hard-boiled femme fatales of film noir are usually represented as evil females and as a result they are often seen as a danger to society. However this notoriety usually results in their deaths and/or murders. in the end they are transformed into victims. This thesis focuses on this contradiction in two regards: What are the main reasons that they become victims as femme fatales and what is the meaning of this dilemma? This research answers such questions by exploring and utilizing René Girard’s theories of violence and Julia Kristeva’s notion of abjection through the textual analysis of the following films: Double indemnity (Billy Wilder 1944) Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang 1945) and The Strange Love of Martha ivers (Lewis Milestone 1946). The perils of these femme fatales are discussed in terms of the background of increasing women’s participation in the workforce in America during World War ii. This study concludes that the hard-boiled femme fatales are actually uncanny victims that bear traces of deep-seated social concerns and present a discussion about women’s new roles during the war years. -- Abstract'tan.