Rear Window

Question 1

Paranoic

Answer 1

Hitchcock uses ‘paranoia’ and suspense to creatvan unfamiliar settjng and critical audience who are paranoic about the mirder of Mrs. Throwald.

Question 2

Patriarchal

Answer 2

Jeff does not overcome his patriachal tendencies, tho the flim exposes his oppressive masculinity.

Question 3

Metaphor

Answer 3

Therefore, the title also functions as a metaphor as it alludes to a portal to Jeff’s inner desires and fears

Question 4

Domesticisty

Answer 4

Throughout the film Jeff fears the limitations of marriage, uet in the final scene we see a content Jeff who has come to realise that the possible of adventures has become a part of both Lisa and Jeff shared view of domesticity

Question 5

Freudian

Answer 5

Jeff looks at other people in the community with a very male based approach which came through his childhood

Question 6

Male Gaze

Answer 6

The persuasive male gaze encapsulated in Alfred Hitchock’s thriller rear window relfects a Freudian understanding of a repressed desires

Question 7

Scopophilia

Answer 7

Hitchpck uses point of view shots, a panoption set design, the Kuleshov effects and zoom to highlight the role of scopophilia in a urban society

Question 8

Escapism

Answer 8

Just as Jeff watches his neighbours fo avoid his problems, the aberage cinemagoer goes to the movies a form of escapism

Question 9

Complicity

Answer 9

Using multiple point of view shots, hitchcock positions the audience to be conplicit in Jeff’s voyeurism

Question 10

Epistemological voilence

Answer 10

Doyle’s arrogant dismissal of ‘femal intuition’ is a indicative of the epistemological voilence experience by women.

Question 11

Panopticon

Answer 11

The apartment layout is reminiscent of Facault’s panopticon in ehixh the ossupants are ‘perfectly individualised and constantly visible’