The female characters in the film Zombi serve as much use as Dr. Menard’s treatments. Overall women in most instances are depicted as powerless, hesitant, and pretty apprehensive. Without any male guidance they lack certain “authority” and cannot fend for themselves. During one scene where Susan is trying to flee from a zombie she hides in a room. When the zombie comes to attack her and drag her eye to a sharp piece of wood she accepts her fate instead of moving the piece of wood and running away. Specifically speaking Susan’s main purpose was to foreshadow the zombie’s presence, but she also sets up the expectation for women on the island. After her death we see Paula face a similar occurrence.
