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Russia, With Love, the company of Villains increasesthrough the presence of the ambiguous representative Kerim, in conflict with a secondary Villain, Krilenku, and the two mortal duels of Bond with Red Grant and with Rosa Klebb, who was arrested only after having grievously wounded Bondso that the scheme, highly complicated, is BBBBDA(BBC)EFGH (I). There is a long prologue in Russia with the parade of the Villain figures and the first connection between Tatiana and Rosa Klebb, the sending of Bond to Turkey, a long interlude in which Kerim and Krilenku appear and the latter is defeated, the seduction of Tatiana, the flight by train with the torture suffered by the murdered Kerim, the victory over Red Grant, the second round with Rosa Klebb, who, while being defeated, inflicts serious injury upon Bond. In the train and during his convalescence, Bond enjoys love interludes with Tatiana before the final separation.
Even the basic concept of torture undergoes variations, being sometimes a direct injustice, sometimes a kind of succession or course of horrors that Bond must undergo, either by the explicit will of the Villain (Dr. No) or by accident during an escape from the Villain, but always as a consequence of the moves of the Villain (for example, a tragic escape in the snow, pursuit, avalanche, and hurried flight through the Swiss countryside in On Her Majesty's Secret Service).
Occurring alongside the sequence of fundamental moves are numerous side issues which enrich the narrative by unforeseen events, without, however, altering the basic scheme. For a graphic representation of this process, we may summarize the plot of one novelDiamonds Are Foreverby placing on the left the sequence of the fundamental moves, on the right the multiplicity of side issues:
Long curious prologue which introduces one to diamond smuggling in South Africa
Move A.
M sends Bond to America as a sham smuggler
Move B.
Villains (the Spangs) appear indirectly in the description of them given to Bond
Move D.
Woman (Tiffany Case) meets Bond in the role of go-between
Detailed journey by air, in the background two vicarious Villains; play situations; imperceptible duel between hunters and prey

 
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