Tom Ripley's Identity

rom The heart-wrenching scene of Ripley killing Peter, after the possibility of getting caught for lying about his identity, Anthony uses a subjective close-up shot shows the dejected expression of Ripley after the scene cuts to an overdub which painfully portrays Tom losing his identity by linking Peter's death to the last of Tom Ripley's identity since tom craves to be accepted into a society whose identity is cultured, wealthy and socially accepted, which leads him to the ultimate decision of choosing whose identity means the most to him As he cannot be both Tom and Dickie, he chooses the identity that, tragically, would require the least amount of damage control, Dickie Greenleaf, This technique is very effective towards to audiences as