Angela and Judy are both pretending to be someone they are not. Angela, the angel, is pretending to be a slut. Yet, later in the film we learn she is actually a virgin. Angela is trying to be a woman by transforming herself into an "All-American" beauty. She is a cheerleader, which connotates femininity. She is popular, beautiful, and she dreams of being a model. Angela epitomizes every girl's fantasy. Judy is also pretending to be someone she is not, literally. Judy is a young woman who is hired by a man, Gavin, to pose as his wife Madeleine, his wife in a complex murder plot. Madeleine is a beautiful, rich, woman who has everything Judy could ever want. This motivates Judy to portray her. Both Angela and Judy are trying to find their place as wo

Judy and Angela no matter how hard they try to become women and gain love and acceptance from men and society they are always second best, Judy to Madeleine and Angela to Caroline. Scottie desires Madeleine and no matter how much Judy tries to be Madeleine she will never be Madeleine. When Judy realizes this she commits suicide rather then continue her life as someone else. Angela even if it doesn't seem like it is second best to Caroline. Angela desires to be like Caroline she wants to be the image of the perfect woman Caroline puts on but if she becomes like that she will inevitably be unhappy. Lester may not act like he still love Caroline but Angela will never be Caroline in his mind. Her struggle to become the object of his love is never successful. However Lester teaches her she doesn't need to be loved by him she needs to love herself first.

men. Neither is sure exactly what a woman is, and rather than explore themselves and try to figure it out, they choose to mold themselves into a predefined woman. They discover that this is simply a quick fix. They are desperately seeking love and acceptance. However, no one can accept and love them for themselves when they are pretending to be someone else and do not know who they are. This is the constant dilemma Angela and Judy face, to be themselves and risk rejection, or be someone else and never really achieve the acceptance and love they are seeking.

The idea of both Angela and Judy are the fantasies of the main male characters in Vertigo and American Beauty. They enjoy being this fantasy, Angela for Lester and Judy for Scottie. Angela and Judy both mistake Lester and Scottie's lust for love. They are the beautiful image of the perfect woman. Yet, Lester and Scott

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