Midge is also seen as weak because she enviously spies on Scottie's secret obsession with Madeleine, and practically mocks him with her satirical self-portrait old fashioned Carlotta. After Scottie is appalled by what she had done, she crosses out her face and throws her paintbrush out the window. Her weak character is shown, because she cannot handle that Scottie does not feel the same way as before, and he has fallen in love with another woman.

The movie Vertigo is a suspenseful film captures the weaknesses of both women and men and explores reactions of both genders to various life situations. Hitchcock successfully keeps the viewers attention with all the twists and turns throughout the 128-minute film. Vertigo is a Hitchcock masterpiece that transcends time in the exploration of human nature and is a classic, which will continually be watched.

First of all, Hitchcock depicts man as a possessor in this film. Everything is seen through the main character, Scottie's, eyes. Laura Mulvey says the film is, "cut to the measure of male desire." There is only one scene when Judy flashes back to the murder that is not seen through Scottie's point of view. Everything seems to be centered on him and what he thinks. The view is always from inside of Scottie's car, either from his point of view or a reaction shot. Madeleine and Scottie are never seen in the same scene together. There is always a shot of him, or of him looking at her. I think that Hitchcock does this because he wants the viewer to realize that the film is going to be dominated by Scottie and revolve around his drama.

Next, Hitchcock shows that woman is weak in the movie. He reveals this through Judy's weakness. Judy lets Scottie construct her as an "object of male desire and male 'design'." Madeleine, who of course is really Judy, is shown as weak, because she cannot tell Scottie the truth about herself, or how she is about to ruin his life. The inevitability of Judy's death is made clear in the bell tower finale. Judy confesses that she stayed and let Scottie remake her into Madeleine because she loved him. Judy is shown as a weak character because she gives into whatever Scottie says. Scottie says, "I loved you so, Madeleine." Judy goes to him desperately and says, "Help keep me safe." Scottie pushes her back and responds, "It's too late. There's no bringing her back." Judy is so upset that sh

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