Voyeurism In Alfred Hitchcock's Film

The notion of Jeffries’ profession itself is a voyeuristic aspect yet it is his observation of his neigbours out his back window with a pair of binoculars that is the main source of voyeurism. His home-care nurse Stella states quite accurately that ‘we’ve become a race of Peeping Toms’. Hitchcock uses voyeurism in a sense that achieves a more advanced from of story telling which makes the audiences more aware of itself. It puts the viewer outside the world of the film yet also transforms the audience into a player in the action, as through their spectating, audience members take on a responsibility to the characters. This in turn blurs the lines between good and evil in his works, and creates an experience unlike any other directors’ films.