FACTOID # 68: Canada lays claim to more water than any other nation.
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
 
 
WHAT'S NEW
RECENT ARTICLES
More Recent Articles »
 

SEARCH ALL

FACTS & STATISTICS    Advanced view

Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 

 

(* = Graphable)

 

 


Encyclopedia > Elektra King
James Bond character
Elektra King
Gender Female
Role Bond girl / Villain
Affiliation Renard
Current status Deceased
Portrayed by Sophie Marceau


Elektra King is a fictional character in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough, played by Sophie Marceau. “007” redirects here. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... A Bond Girl is a character or actress portraying a love interest or sex object of James Bond in a film, novel or video game. ... The James Bond novels and films are notable for their memorably despicable villains and henchmen. ... Viktor Lavrentievich Zokas, better known by his alias of Renard, the Anarchist, is a fictional character and villain in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... “007” redirects here. ... For other uses, see The World Is Not Enough (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Contents

History

Elektra is the daughter of oil tycoon Sir Robert King, whose mother's side of the family is of Azeri descent and fled the country immediately after the Soviet Union was established. As Elektra's grandfather had no sons, Sir Robert became the de facto male heir when he married into the family. Elektra was kidnapped by the terrorist Renard and held for ransom, which her father refused to pay the ransom on the advice of family friend (and acting head of MI6) M. Embittered by what she saw as her father's betrayal, Elektra participated in Reynard's scheme to bilk money from her family, going so far as to mutilate her ear so Renard could send it to Robert King as a warning. Bond initially believes her to be suffering from Stockholm syndrome, but may have been blinded by his affection for her. The Azeri, also referred to as Azerbaijanian Turks, are a Turkic-Muslim people. ... Terrorist redirects here. ... Viktor Lavrentievich Zokas, better known by his alias of Renard, the Anarchist, is a fictional character and villain in the James Bond film The World Is Not Enough. ... The term ransom refers to the practice of holding a prisoner to extort money or property extorted to secure their release, or to the sum of money involved. ... The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), more commonly known as MI6 (originally Military Intelligence Section 6), or the Secret Service, is the United Kingdom external security agency. ... M is a fictional character in Ian Flemings James Bond series, as well as the films in the Bond franchise. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Capture-bonding. ...

James Bond and Elektra

Years after "surviving" her kidnapping, Elektra secretly collaborates with Renard to blow up her family's oil pipeline. Her motives are to get revenge on her father as well as M, whom she blames for her father's fateful decision to reject Reynard's ransom. Elektra and Renard arrange an attack on MI6's London office hoping to kill her father and M. The attack is only partially successful, as M survives. Despite being injured, Bond decides to offer his services to protect Elektra, believing that Renard will target her next. To throw off suspicion, Elektra accepts Bond's offer and even becomes his lover. When Renard publicly threatened to destroy the pipeline, however, she shows her true colours and kidnaps M. The pipeline destruction proves to be a diversion to further throw off suspicion to her real plan: contaminating the Bosporus with a nuclear meltdown, forcing oil traders to use her family's pipeline to transport fossil fuel as any other route would require tanker transport across the Bosporus. With her plan minutes away from completion, Elektra places Bond in a torture device designed to break his neck, but Bond gets free with the help of Valentin Zukovsky. Bond chases after Elektra, and during a tense standoff, shoots and kills her. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... “007” redirects here. ... An elevated section of the Alaska Pipeline Pipeline transport is a transportation of goods through a tube. ... The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), more commonly known as MI6 (originally Military Intelligence Section 6), or the Secret Service, is the United Kingdom external security agency. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... An intimate relationship is a interpersonal relationship where there is a great deal of physical or emotional intimacy. ... I LOVE BORAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Two bridges cross the Bosporus. ... The Iron Maiden of Nuremberg was a famous torture device Torture is the infliction of severe physical or psychological pain as an expression of cruelty, a means of intimidation, deterrent or punishment, or as a tool for the extraction of information or confessions. ... This is a list of allies in the James Bond 1995 film GoldenEye // M - Judi Dench Q - Desmond Llewelyn Miss Moneypenny - Samantha Bond Jack Wade - Joe Don Baker Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky - Robbie Coltrane Jack Wade is a fictional character in Pierce Brosnans first two James Bond films: GoldenEye and...

Last Words: You wouldn't kill me. You'd miss me.
(Bond shoots Elektra dead)
Bond: I never miss.

Personality

Elektra at first gives the impression of being a charitable businesswoman who is using her fortune to aid the third world's poor population. She reveals her true colors to M after believing her attempt to kill Bond has succeeded. For most of the film, Elektra hides her disfigured ear (which would otherwise give her away) behind a large earring. Elektra seems to have developed a taste for torture and masochism during her kidnapping, as she delights in torturing Bond and is perfectly happy to kill him, albeit after "one last screw" (a double entendre, as Bond was then trapped in a torture device featuring a screw-driven rod that would have eventually snapped his neck). She pretends to love Renard, but secretly holds him in contempt and uses sexual favors to manipulate him. Elektra's arrogance proves her undoing, and she disregards Bond's threat to kill her unless she calls off Renard, believing that he will not be able to bring himself to do it. Bond proves her wrong by slaying her with a bullet. For the Jamaican reggae band, see Third World (band). ... Flogging demonstration at Folsom Street Fair 2004. ... A double entendre is a figure of speech similar to the pun, in which a spoken phrase can be understood in either of two ways. ...


This is only the third occasion in a Bond film that the protagonist kills a woman (the other instances being the killing of Fatima Blush in the non-EON film Never Say Never Again and Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye). Elektra is the first woman to be the main villain of a Bond film (since Rosa Klebb of From Russia with Love is clearly answering to someone else). The director of the film, Michael Apted, explicitly defines her as the main villain of the film in an interview included on the DVD release. Fatima Blush is a fictional character from the unofficial James Bond film Never Say Never Again, released in 1983. ... Never Say Never Again is a James Bond film, itself a remake of the 1965 film Thunderball. ... Xenia Sergeyevna Onatopp (Russian: Ксения Сергеевна Онатопп) is a fictional character in the James Bond film GoldenEye, played by actress Famke Janssen. ... For other uses, see Goldeneye (disambiguation). ... Colonel Rosa Klebb is a fictional character from the James Bond novel and film From Russia With Love. ... For the video game, see From Russia with Love (video game). ... Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional character from the James Bond universe. ... Michael Apted (born February 10, 1941 in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom) is a British director, producer, writer and actor. ...


Trivia

King's plan, contaminating a rival institute so that everyone will have to use her own, is similar to Goldfinger's plan to contaminate Fort Knox so that the value of his gold would rise, and to Max Zorin's plan to destroy Silicon Valley in a huge earthquake to overtake the computer chip market, in A View to a Kill. Auric Goldfinger is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel Goldfinger. ... Max Zorin is a fictional character in the James Bond film A View to a Kill. ... A View to a Kill is a 1985 spy film. ...


Henchmen

A list of henchmen from the 1999 James Bond film The World is Not Enough from the List of James Bond henchmen // Giulietta da Vinci or the Cigar Girl is a fictional character from the opening sequence to the 1999 James Bond film The World is Not Enough, played by... A list of henchmen from the 1999 James Bond film The World is Not Enough from the List of James Bond henchmen // Giulietta da Vinci or the Cigar Girl is a fictional character from the opening sequence to the 1999 James Bond film The World is Not Enough, played by...

See also

v • d • e
The James Bond characters
James Bond (007)
Villains Dr. No • Rosa Klebb • Auric Goldfinger • Emilio Largo • Ernst Stavro Blofeld • Dr Kananga/Mr. Big • Francisco Scaramanga • Karl Stromberg • Sir Hugo Drax • Aristotle Kristatos • Kamal Khan • General Orlov • Max Zorin • Brad Whitaker • General Koskov • Franz Sanchez • Alec Trevelyan • Elliot Carver • Renard • Elektra King • Gustav Graves • Le Chiffre • Mr. White
Bond girls Sylvia Trench • Honey Ryder • Tatiana Romanova • Jill Masterson • Tilly Masterson  • Pussy Galore • Fiona Volpe • Domino Derval • Paula Caplan • Patricia Fearing • Aki • Kissy Suzuki • Helga Brandt • Teresa di Vicenzo • Ruby Bartlett • Tiffany Case • Plenty O'Toole • Rosie Carver • Solitaire • Mary Goodnight • Andrea Anders • Anya Amasova • Dr. Holly Goodhead • Corinne Dufour • Melina Havelock • Bibi Dahl • Countess Lisl von Schlaf • Octopussy • Magda • Stacey Sutton • Pola Ivanova • Kara Milovy • Pam Bouvier • Lupe Lamora • Xenia Onatopp • Natalya Simonova • Paris Carver • Wai Lin • Elektra King • Dr. Molly Warmflash • Dr. Christmas Jones • Jinx Johnson • Miranda Frost • Solange Dimitrios • Vesper Lynd 
Novel Only Characters Gala Brand • General Grubozaboyschikov • Vivienne Michel 
Officials Felix Leiter • M • Miss Moneypenny • Q • General Gogol • Fredrick Gray • Other 00-Agents • Bill Tanner • Charles Robinson 
Henchmen by film Dr. No • From Russia with Love • Goldfinger • Thunderball • You Only Live Twice • On Her Majesty's Secret Service • Diamonds Are Forever • Live and Let Die • The Man with the Golden Gun • The Spy Who Loved Me • Moonraker • For Your Eyes Only • Octopussy • A View to a Kill • The Living Daylights • Licence to Kill • GoldenEye • Tomorrow Never Dies • The World Is Not Enough • Die Another Day • Casino Royale
Allies by film Dr. No • From Russia with Love • Goldfinger • Thunderball • You Only Live Twice • On Her Majesty's Secret Service • Diamonds Are Forever • Live and Let Die • The Man with the Golden Gun • The Spy Who Loved Me • Moonraker • For Your Eyes Only • Octopussy • A View to a Kill • The Living Daylights • Licence to Kill • GoldenEye • Tomorrow Never Dies • The World Is Not Enough • Die Another Day • Casino Royale 
Unofficial Characters
by film		 Casino Royale • Never Say Never Again
Video Game
Characters by game		 Agent Under Fire • Nightfire • Everything or Nothing • GoldenEye: Rogue Agent 

  Results from FactBites:
 
Dramatic structure in Strauss’s Elektra (1354 words)
Since that day Elektra has lived for one thing only.: the moment of vengeance—the day her brother Orestes returns to avenge his father by killing his mother.
Seeing Elektra’s violent reaction and sorrow on hearing the news, the stranger asks her if she is related to Orestes and Agamemnon.
Elektra invites him to enter the palace and meet the two strangers who came with the news that Orestes was dead.
INKPOT#85 CLASSICAL MUSIC: STRAUSS, R. Elektra - An Inktroduction. (859 words)
Elektra has not often been recorded in the studio, undoubted masterpiece that it is, but we are fortunate to have a number of great recordings taken from 'live' broadcasts.
Elektra replies enigmatically that the sacrifice must be Klytamnestra herself if she is to be freed from the nightmares.
Elektra tells her mother that she will be hounded to death and Klytamnestra retorts that Elektra herself will receive the severest of punishments.
  More results at FactBites »


 
 

COMMENTARY     


Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:
 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms, 1022, m