Alfred Hitchcock Gender Roles

there is a scene with the hotel’s disturbing proprietor Norman Bates that challenges gender roles and shows the weak positions of power that Hitchcock gives each character in the film. Marion begins the scene by listening in as Norman fights with his mother. She peers out her window at the menacing house and hears the loud voices coming from it. Afterwards Norman brings some food down to Marion. They settle in his parlor, surrounded by a collection of stuffed birds. Norman alludes to the connection between his birds and his mother, establishing a fetish of control, stemming from his general lack of control in life. The editing of the scene shows a divide between the characters. Only once during the conversation are both characters in the same