Traditionally there is either a hero or a villain that allows those characters to have
only one dimension. These characters lack depth and are often unrealistic as one
rarely comes across a human who is pure evil or pure good. This detaches the
audience from feeling one with a character. A multi dimensional character has depth.
This is a character to which people can relate. As human beings we are a cross
between gods and demons, which means we have the ability to be both good and
bad, but mostly we are both. Outlaws usually are characters that are not entirely evil
but have some heartwarming reason why they chose the ugly path. The movies
Thelma and Louise and Bonnie and Clyde are two great examples where the writer
uses outlaw characters as the protagonists. The writers are often drawn to writing
these types of characters as it allows them while they write the storyline, and the
audience when they watch the movie to live out their deep dark fantasies.
The writers might be trying to rebel in their own small ways through these
storylines and generating awareness about the social issues at the time. Bonnie and
Clyde was set during the Great Depression. It was a time where people were
frustrated with the government and women had begun to take on roles that were
traditionally assumed to be for men. In this movie good looking couple is in a life of
crime to make ends meet for their families. They do so in a time where there are not
many jobs available and this is something people of the time can relate to. It was a
time of turmoil and rebellion could be viewed as a reasonable thing to do. These
characters are ‘people heroes’ like Robin hood that somehow take care of the society
