Thanks for your responses!
I’m wondering just how dependant the women in Pulp Fiction are. Mia seems to be financially dependent on Marcellus but she seems to lead her own life, for instance she says she spends a month every year in Amsterdam. Also, she seems very confident around men, for example she leaves Vincent behind as she goes to her table in Jack Rabbit Slims and has to call him after her. Although Vincent has to rescue her after she overdoses he does it in a very incompetent manner e.g. driving into the house, dropping her on the floor and generally dithering. Vincent’s behaviour contrasts quite strongly with Mia’s self contained calmness after the overdose.
There seems to be a lot of male/female role reversal like Mia putting on the music when she and Vincent get back and he has to go to the bathroom to have a ‘girly’ crisis.
Esmeralda seems to be a very strong independent character, she’s doing a “man’s” job, listening to a boxing match on the radio and she is driving very aggressively. Bonnie seems to be the stronger and more dominant partner in the marriage. She is out at work and Jimmy is at home in a dressing gown, he seems very anxious not to do anything to annoy her.
