... from coming down. Nat tried to lighten up the situation by cheering up his children with jokes about the birds. When Nat goes upstairs to check on the bedrooms he realizes that the birds have gotten into one of the bedrooms. He gets furniture from the other bedroom and stacked it at the top of the stairs. They listened for the news bulletin that was going to give them instructions on what ... to do. It never came on and we can, at that moment, sense the graveness of the situation. That marked the end of the BBC and Nat ... sad and fearful for Nat and his family. Du Maurier creates this...

• Word Count: 4431
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

... , we sympathise with him, usually looking at a woman through a peephole is an action the general public would condemn, but through Hithcock's genius work, we don't. An extreme long shot of the house shows Norman running home to "mother", Norman's house is very big, it has big doors, big stairs, it looks gothic. The "gothic" is usually linked to repressed sexual desires, and this film carries on that ... tradition. The camera shows a long shot of the door, but the camera is positioned on the floor next to the stairs, that maybe because Norman is feeling low ... ...

• Word Count: 1269
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... . He catches Norman in a lie and most of his questions make Norman nervous and make him stutter. Arbogast then leaves the motel and comes back later. He wants to speak with Norman's mother. When he arrives the second time, he sneaks into the creepy house at the top of the hill. Arbogast slowly walks up the stairs. When he gets to the top, the shrieky music starts again and he is stabbed ... by the same character that killed Marion. Again Hitchcock fools ... the audience into believing that Arbogast was stabbed by an old woman. After a few ... ...

• Word Count: 1998
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... from coming down. Nat tried to lighten up the situation by cheering up his children with jokes about the birds. When Nat goes upstairs to check on the bedrooms he realizes that the birds have gotten into one of the bedrooms. He gets furniture from the other bedroom and stacked it at the top of the stairs. They listened for the news bulletin that was going to give them instructions on what ... to do. It never came on and we can, at that moment, sense the graveness of the situation. That marked the end of the BBC and Nat ... sad and fearful for Nat and his family. Du Maurier creates this...

• Word Count: 4405
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

... and shocking effect on the audience in which Hitchcock had intended. The audience would then be able to witness the events happening from both sides of the screen: on the left, they watch in anxiety as Arbogast ascends the stairs, on the right, the anticipation of the murderer bursting through the door, reinforced by the medium shot of the opening door before that scene, elevates the sheer impact of terror. Hitchcock himself assumes that the audience would know what ... against those who try to steer her son's attention away from her, again foreshadowing Marion's plight. In fact, the se...

• Word Count: 1889
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate