Psycho And Rear Window Analysis
Alfred Hitchcock touched on many different themes of relationships between sexes that I have observed in both of the movies, Psycho and Rear Window. Some of main themes in both of these movies include the theme of marriage, sex, infidelity and murder. Through class discussions and my observation of these movies, my analysis of these points are as follows:
Women were portrayed to be desperate for companion, a hunger for control with a streak of jealous behavior. But, they are also compelled to be caretakers.
The main characters of the men in both movies are seen to be ill stricken men who were found peeping on women from a distance, confined to an area, and compliant with the need for help. In Psycho, Marion Crane is having an adulterous …show more content…
She seems to be romantically involved with L.B. ‘Jeff’ Jeffries, an outgoing magazine photographer confined temporarily to his apartment due to a major leg injury. In this relationship, Lisa seems to be the one in the relationship with a strong desire to get married and is madly in love with him, whereas L.B. “Jeff” Jeffries has no desire whatsoever and he believes that she is incompatible with him. While confined to his apartment, Jeffries takes interest in gazing his surrounding neighbors for interesting photos for future news. Since he has nothing to do in the day, he often watches his neighbors through his large window in his home. He particularly takes an interest in his neighbor Lars, a travelling salesman and his wife. Jeffries hears an argument that implies a controlling, jealous wife. Later, he suspects a murder has taken place in the Lars household in connection with the disappearance of the Mrs. Lars. In both of these movies, women are seen as sexual appealing objects in one way or another to the male characters or the film. In psycho, one of the main characters, Marion Crane, was shown undressed at the very beginning of the film and many more times throughout. Similarly in Rear Window, “Miss Torso”, the women who was wanted by any suitors in the film, was also shown getting dressed or undressed numerous times in that film. In both cases, men were seen gazing upon the women during these
Women were portrayed to be desperate for companion, a hunger for control with a streak of jealous behavior. But, they are also compelled to be caretakers.
The main characters of the men in both movies are seen to be ill stricken men who were found peeping on women from a distance, confined to an area, and compliant with the need for help. In Psycho, Marion Crane is having an adulterous …show more content…
She seems to be romantically involved with L.B. ‘Jeff’ Jeffries, an outgoing magazine photographer confined temporarily to his apartment due to a major leg injury. In this relationship, Lisa seems to be the one in the relationship with a strong desire to get married and is madly in love with him, whereas L.B. “Jeff” Jeffries has no desire whatsoever and he believes that she is incompatible with him. While confined to his apartment, Jeffries takes interest in gazing his surrounding neighbors for interesting photos for future news. Since he has nothing to do in the day, he often watches his neighbors through his large window in his home. He particularly takes an interest in his neighbor Lars, a travelling salesman and his wife. Jeffries hears an argument that implies a controlling, jealous wife. Later, he suspects a murder has taken place in the Lars household in connection with the disappearance of the Mrs. Lars. In both of these movies, women are seen as sexual appealing objects in one way or another to the male characters or the film. In psycho, one of the main characters, Marion Crane, was shown undressed at the very beginning of the film and many more times throughout. Similarly in Rear Window, “Miss Torso”, the women who was wanted by any suitors in the film, was also shown getting dressed or undressed numerous times in that film. In both cases, men were seen gazing upon the women during these