Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window continues and expands on traditional themes of the Detective Fiction Genre. In 1841‚ Murder in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe broke the traditional character constraints of the Crime Fiction Genre‚ by introducing a new type of lead detective figure. The ideal detective figure encompassed traits of superiority‚ intelligence‚ wit and a keen sense for observation. The lead detective figure is a sophisticated character that is not bound to the constrictions and limitations
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Character Analysis on Rear Window Rear Window‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock‚ was made in the year 1954. It has been said that Rear Window is the basis for D.J. Caruso’s movie Disturbia. Rear Window has three main characters‚ J.B. “Jeff” Jefferies played by James Stewart‚ Lisa Fremont played by grace Kelly‚ and Stella played by Thelma Ritter. Each of these three characters is critiqued by five different categories‚ including‚ appropriateness‚ inherent thoughtfulness or emotionality‚ expressive
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visualize the character in one’s head‚ is a clear benefit. One master of film that I have a great respect for is Alfred Hitchcock‚ and one of his many great works was Rear Window. One example of how a film can show us characterization very quickly‚ but still allow us an understanding of every character‚ is when L.B. Jeffries‚ in Rear Window‚ is talking to his girlfriend Lisa Freemont and his insurance caretaker Stella‚ and goes around the entire courtyard displaying his neighbors for us multiple times
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Alfred Hitchcock as a Misogynist In the film Rear Window‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock‚ misogyny and Svengali is portrayed throughout the film. Misogyny is the hatred of women by men however; Svengali is a person who manipulates or exerts excessive control over another. Alfred Hitchcock has extensively agonized from a reputation as a misogynist and a Svengali. Hitchcock has received this reputation through scenes of violence against women in his films‚ his remarks about women in his interviews
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Kaitlin Kitchens & Tori Harkin Yuhas Contemporary Lit 25 January 2013 Rear Window In Alfred Hitchcock’s mystery movie “Rear Window”‚ Hitchcock creates the character L.B. Jefferies‚ an adventurous man who is in a conflicting love relationship with Lisa Freemont. Although the major overall theme of the movie is curiosity and morals on society‚ another underling theme is conflicting social classes between Jeff and Lisa. Hitchcock continuously shows the differences between Jeff and Lisa
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CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD CINEMA *** Assignment: Textual Analysis The opening of Rear Window (from the very beginning to Stella’s entrance). The classic Hitchcock film‚ “Rear Window”‚ is an intelligent and engaging analysis of human perception‚ voyeurism and what it means to see‚ to be perceptive. Set in 1950’s New York‚ a boisterous free-lance photographer finds himself confined to a wheelchair in his tiny apartment recuperating from a broken leg. With only the occasional distraction of a visiting
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Andrew Raphaelson Art 138 Prof. Friedberg 11/25/12 Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window is a demonstration of the world created for us by viewing a film or real life situation. In this movie‚ we gain insight into the point of view of a hidden spectator and the physical space around him. L.B. Jeffries‚ the protagonist of the film‚ who is reduced to nothing but a wheel chair and the view from his window of neighboring apartments‚ witnesses what he suspects to be a murder and shows the
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Lauren Riley Professor Piana February 26‚ 2012 Rear Window Last class we viewed the film called Rear Window. The main plot behind this film is the main character‚ Jefferies‚ has a broken leg therefore he has to spend 6 weeks in a wheelchair in his apartment. The one form of entertainment he has is to window watch all his neighbors. Jefferies has a girlfriend named Lisa but tells his nurse that he does not want to marry her. After a few weeks Jefferies catches onto his neighbors business. He
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individual were to solve a crime by committing a crime‚ have we really advanced as a society? The film Rear Window‚ directed by Alfred Hitchcock‚ is centered around this question of ethics. Being handicapped and limited to the rear window in his apartment‚ L.B Jefferies passes time by watching his neighbors live their lives. As the story goes on‚ it becomes apparent that one of his neighbors has been involved in a murder and Jefferies seems to be the only one capable of solving the crime. While Jefferies may
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Essay Rear Window shows us that relationships are not always easy Rear Window by Alfred Hitchcock is a 1954 film primarily about proving a suspected murder‚ but the recurring motif of relationships is evident within the plot. The direction of the film revolves around Jeffries negative outlook on marriage. The foundation of Jeffries suspicion of Mr. Thorwald is built upon Jeffries predisposition to believe marriages always end negatively. The individual stories seen through the windows in the
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