After confronting his assailant Bond strangles his attacker whilst Vesper looks helplessly in the corner, afraid, and watches as Bond continues to strangle the man to death. This is a conformation of female stereotypes as it presents Vesper as frail and weak, as well as emotionally unstable, instead of assisting Bond she is afraid and instead just watches as he strangles the man to death. Bond conforms to the traditional male stereotype of being strong and brave as he manages to ward off and defeat his two attackers with ease.
In the next scene we see Bond in a bathroom of his hotel room/apartment cleaning off the blood of his attackers. This is a traditional male stereotype for many reasons. Firstly, Bond brings whiskey into the bathroom with him, this is a conformation of men liking alcohol and that it is manly to enjoy the substance. Secondly, Bond is covered in blood yet looks as if nothing has happened, this presents him as a tough character, in terms of male stereotypes it shows that even though Bond was hurt badly, he makes it look like nothing happened showing strength and power two traditional male stereotypes. Thirdly, at one point Bond washes his face with the water in the sink which is full of blood, this is a very obvious symbol and metaphorical representation of the "what doesn't kill you, makes you stronger" line as it shows the blood trailing off his face means nothing to him, and he can wash himself with it because he is that powerful showing a very powerful connotation of male stereotypes.
The third part of this scene is the climax and shows a complete subversion and also a complete conformation. The subversion is shown through Bond. Bond walks into the shower to see Vesper sitting in the shower (with her clothes still on) sobbing about the previous occurring events, Bond completely subverts his traditional male stereotype figure of power and stature that he is built throughout this scene and sits down next to Vesper and comforts her, comfort, empathy and nurture are traditionally presented as very womanly/motherly things to do, so for Bond who is a prime example of a exaggerated male stereotype to sit down and show his 'soft side' is a complete subversion of his role. However, in the scene, Bond takes Vesper's thumb and sucks the blood off of it, this again in a way showing his male stature as he is showing he is not afraid of blood which has many connotations of confrontation and violence. The confirmation comes from Vesper who is still emotionally and mentally unsettled and his sobbing in the shower unable to hold her feelings in or wash the blood off herself, this is an example of conformation to female stereotypes as Vesper is showing that she was afraid of the attackers and cannot get the image of Bond strangling them out of her head whereas Bond almost did it naturally.
The shower scene is a very good scene to compare with other Bond 'shower scenes' mainly because of how outlandishly different they are. For example, in Skyfall Bond gets into the shower with another woman except this time they are not clothed. Bond also just walks into the shower without warning almost showing his dominance and influence over women showing a conformation of male stereotypes. The woman in the shower turns around and smirks at Bond seductively showing a conformation of female stereotypes of being sexy and seductive to men. This is a very different to Casino Royale because it shows Bond as the manly stereotype figure that he is in Skyfall but completely subverts it in Casino Royale
