All That Heaven Allows Scene Analysis

Douglas Sirk’s film All that Heaven Allows follows a well off widow, Cary Scott, who falls in love with her landscaper, Ron Kirby. After confiding in her family and friends about her love for Ron, they criticize her since a relationship between and older woman and a younger man is considered taboo. Drama ensues and and Cary is ultimately left with the decision to either keep pursuing her romance with Ron or to move on. In the scene “The Wedgwood Teapot” the director conveys Cary Scott’s control and domestication of Ron Kirby through the use of the deer property as well as keeping Cary well lit throughout the entirety of the scene. The property of the deer seems rather out of place in the film. From showing up throughout random times in