leading up to the shower scene. The lead up to the shower scene starts with Marion‚ (who so far is thought of as the main character) driving down a highway in the busy rain making it almost impossible to see ahead of her. Whilst Marion is driving you soon come across a small lit up sign saying ‘Bates Motel’ Hitchcock uses the effect of the light to make it almost suggest it’s heavenly‚ this is a reassurance to the audience that Marion will be safe because she’s found somewhere to stay. However when we reach
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on trust-fear and good-evil affiliations that make the audience feel similar to the characters. In Psycho‚ Norman stutters‚ sweats‚ talks with his hands‚ and makes mistakes while talking to the detective‚ Sam‚ and Lila after his mother had killed Marion‚ who the detective‚ Sam‚ and Lila were looking for. Norman also does not keep eye contact with any of them as he answers their relentless interrogation. Norman’s behavior is an example of a Gothic trait of unconscious fear‚
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main characters‚ Marion Crane is a young woman who is working for her boss‚ who sells houses. When Marion goes into work she does not feel well‚ and asks her boss if she can go home early. He says yes but asks her to do one thing before she leaves. Her boss makes a sale on a home and is paid‚ up front‚ forty thousand dollars in cash. He asks Marion to take the money to the bank before she goes home‚ but the money never makes it to the bank and Marion never makes it home. Marion plans to take the
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Four Perfect Pebbles‚ a Holocaust Story The book begins with Marion Blumenthal‚ a young girl sleeping on her mother’s arm in a concentration camp in Bergen-Belsen‚ a town northwest of Berlin. Their fellow inmates are dying by the dozen. Marion vividly describes the horrors she experienced in the camp. Daily she found herself stepping over dead bodies that were just left strewn about. One of the worst torments was the daily roll call. They would stand in the below zero temperatures for hours on
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In the Parlor scene from Hitchcock’s Psycho‚ where Marion and Norman are talking during her first and last night at the hotel‚ the mise-en-scene expresses the true nature and‚ to a certain extent‚ the intentions of both characters. The illumination in this scene adds to the movies suspense and significance‚ the props foreshadow what’s to come‚ as well as what is said by Norman. This scene is where the viewers are introduced to Norman Bates and his strange life‚ and allowing them realize that there’s
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a television show. Synopsis The story begins with Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) and her lover‚ Sam Loomis (John Gavin) who are conducting an illicit affair. Marion is portrayed as a respectable and moral woman and Loomis is‚ as such‚ her male counterpart‚ possessing the same qualities. Later‚ at her work place‚ Marion is entrusted with a large sum of money by her employer. He asks her to deposit it at the bank but in a moment of weakness‚ Marion takes the money and runs to Fairvale where Sam lives
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’s society viewed family as a man‚ woman and child. The play takes a look at the family dynamic. In the play‚ we see Fierstein ’s definition of family. He shows us through the main characters who are brought closely together by the death of Collin. Marion and Arthur who‚ both assumed the same role in Collins life as the wife and caretaker and are now both struggling to let go. Fierstein presents family a bit messier‚ and we see his non-traditional family roles and relationships. Although all of the
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Everyone has as a good and evil side to him or her. In this scene of Psycho it shows the both sides of Marion and Norman. Through the use of camera angles‚ film techniques‚ dialogue‚ and sound effects‚ the film portrays the main characters‚ as they are being trapped‚ unable to escape their state of mind‚ the guilt of their actions. These sides are shown mostly through the lighting. Certain conflicts and how the characters deal with them and each other are what shape the structure of the movie
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authors of the texts The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood‚ and Jane Eyre directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga‚ give insight into the lives of two women living in different times and places with similar struggles and problems. Both Jane Eyre from Jane Eyre and Marion McAlpin from The Edible Woman struggle with the feelings of self-doubt and identity stemming from decisions whilst taking drastic measures to go outside the societal norms of the time including of femininity and the expectations placed on women. The
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Exploring the Shower Scene Introduction There have been millions of murder scenes filmed throughout history‚ but by far one of the most famous scenes is one from the movie Psycho. In this widely known scene‚ Marion Crane is taking a shower peacefully and all of a sudden Norman Bates comes in and murders her. The director‚ Alfred Hitchcock‚ had a lot of obstacles to work around in this scene like how he was not permitted to show nudity or a knife going through the skin. With this in mind‚ he had
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