1. Manipulation Of Gender Roles In Rear Window
... glow of soft light looking angelic and embodies the perfection that Jeff is intimidated by in her. Jeff sees Lisa as the better one of the two of them, which goes against both his and society's view of the male and female relationship where the male is the dominant factor. Laura Mulvery best expresses this view when she states, "the determining ... to play a masculine role. In the final scene after the mystery of the murder has been solved the camera pans Jeff's apartment where we see Jeff with now two broken legs, and Lisa reading a book entitled Behind the High Himalayas, Lisa looks o...
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