Bonnie and Clyde: True Romance?

A constant source of the break down of modern relatioships is that humans, as a species, are often rather self-centered and selfish. Thusly, its now an age old story that the couple falls out over the fact that niether is willing to go and do things with the other. If only these people had seen Bonnie and Clyde.
As with practically every gangster film, the charming yet cocky, sharply-dressed mobster has practically a neon sign above his head that attracts the ladies to him. Clyde has a criminal record, he's a complete free spirit and represents a bold and exciting way of life and crucially for Miss Bonnie Parker, an escape from her humdrum life as a waitress in simple small town America. What is really interesting to note, however, that unlike other 'gangster molls' who take a step back and just support their husband, Bonnie does not want to play second fiddle to Clyde, she very much wants to be on center stage in the spotlight with him. The danger of heists and hold-ups and the thrill of getting away with the money is just as appealing to her as the good looks and life of danger that Clyde offers. Thinking he has an ultimate grand plan after their life of crime, she abandons everything in an openly bold display off effection to follow him.
Their relationship on the surface can seen to be quite the odd and strained one, she is very possesive of him and tries to stop him having fun with his brother thusly driving him to be irritated and physicaly, she is often very demanding to push their relationship further, yet due to his imputence, he is unwilling to do.
If we are to look deeper into their relationship however, it is clear that they both have very strong and passionate feelings for each other. Bonnie is of course still deeply attracted to Clyde and greatful since he took her away and gave her a life of excitement that she'd been craving. She is also there to crucially offer emotional support for Clyde when things go wrong, therefore it is clear that he depends of her just as much as she depends on him. Clyde himself is very protective of Bonnie, whilst he knows that she is tough and can handle herself, he offers her the chance to get out and escape from the life of crime because he cares for her so much and doesn't want to see her get hurt. With the poems she writes and their general notorious acts of crime, Bonnie has also helped Clyde to get his celebrity status that he has always wanted and this allows them to make love for the first time as they are now so comfortable with each other.
It is of course a tragically doomed romance however, made that much more poignant by the fact that it is only really at the end of the film that they finally gel as a couple and are ready to settle down and end their crime streak. What is evenmore tragic is that they are seperated when they both get shot down, yet the high speed inter-cutting of their staring into each other's eyes is the final beautifully tragic true indicator that they were both very much in love and the space between them seemingly becomes that much more vast. The fact that they dont properly go down together intensifies the tragedy and hits the point home to the audience that they may have lead a life of crime and that they should be deplored by society, they were simply a couple in love who were dependant on each other to get by facing the grim reality of the depression and the established ruling class that they were both seeking desperatley rebelling against.