She represents the idealistic woman and in some ways woman all around would refer to her as the ultimate woman, because we see her doing all the stunts and also seen as a strong independent women which every women in the world would like to be seen as instead of the stay at home mother. She is not seen as a damsel in distress she proves that it is not just men who can perform all of these but woman are also capable of performing similar things. but on the other hand it could be argued that she does not in fact represent the majority of women as effectively as she could because she is seen as a promiscuous woman because she is wearing so little and gives off a kind of seducing vibe, and the majority of women just thinks of her as a sex symbol again due to the clothes they put on this character. Lara Croft challenges the normal woman as in that a woman should be at home cleaning, but she is out there being adventurous and showing that she is more than capable of doing a man's job.
The second female character I will be looking at is Ling Xiaoyu who is from the popular game of tekken. She is represented as a female who cannot look after herself as she is still at school and relies a lot on her parents. Whereas the ambition compared between both characters is completely different as Ling Xiaoyu is more of a fun and outgoing person whereas Lara croft is seen as a very serious person so there attitudes are completely different but are both in fighting games so they are some comparisons and differences.
