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A2 FILM STUDIES FM 5 CLOSE STUDY ALFRED HITCHCOCK, VERTIGO THEMES Analysis Activity THEMES

Death Presented as attractive and frightening through ideas about fear of vertigo (Scottie) and potential suicide (Madeline) Death Scottie seems obsessed with paradox of being attracted by death but terrified of it. The Supernatural ideas about dying and coming back from the dead The power of Psychological obsession the rational v irrational romantic delusion Scottie has with Madeline The power of Psychological obsession The idea that were all prisoners of our own psyche Physical appearances & beauty: physical manifestations of beauty in people Physical appearances & beauty: ideals of beauty but with a price to pay

Give an example of when you see How does Hitchcock communicate this this in Vertigo theme in the example you have chosen?

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