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Character Role Analysis

James Bond/Dr. No

The more Bond films you watch, the more you see Bond and the villains he pursues are two sides of the same coin. Bond is a crazy rogue trying to save the world. Dr. No is a crazy rogue trying to destroy it.

Taking this into consideration, you can understand how Dr. No might think Bond would team up with him to destroy the world together. But for all our criticisms of Bond—his anger issues, his sensitive ego, his treatment of women—he has one major thing that Dr. No doesn't: a moral compass.