The theme of Casino Royale, along with the other Bond books is that James Bond has a dark and tough life. He is always on missions that almost kill him yet only gets yelled at for doing his job. He also always falls in love with a woman but always loses them, in this book as example, Vesper. He loved Vesper and risked his life for her but in the end she dies. He is always gtting into trouble, in this case, with being captured and tortured by Le Chiffre.
The game of baccarat represented life and death. Bond won the entire game and lived but Le Chiffre, who lost, was killed. Vesper's death represented the fact nothing is a sure thing. Bond was going to reitre and live the rest of his life with her but it was cut short by her suicide. Vesper's death also shows the fact that even if you've known somebody for a while, you still do not know them. This is shown through her death because Bond had no idea that she was a double-agent.
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