The Eagle Eye
July 25th, 1954
Greenwich Village, New York.
This evening, L.B Jefferies , a well known photographer, helped in the capture of a murderer. Mr. Thorwald, who was married to his late wife, murdered and threw her body in the east river. Earlier this week, Jefferies noticed a heated argument between the couple and later on that evening a blood curling scream and a glass bottle breaking alerted the neighborhood of something going on. Jefferies also noted Thorwald leaving multiple times throughout the night with a suitcase. Jefferies curious with the well-being of Mrs. Thorwald kept his eye on Mr. Thorwald and noticed strange things happening. Thorwald was seen cleaning and putting away a machete and a hacksaw. He also noted the neighbors dog sniffing around the flower garden, kept by thorwald, which seemed different. Jefferies had a picture of the yard before the murder and noticed the difference in the flowers. Later on that same evening, the dog was found with his neck snapped near the garden. To continue finding evidence, Jefferies with the assistance of Ms. Lisa Fremont and Ms. Stella, they coaxed the murderer out of the apartment, where Ms. Fremont found Mrs. Thorwald's wedding ring (which should have been with her since thorwald claimed her being with family). Currently, the NYPD is continuing the investigation and we'll have the full story once the full investigation is over.
Feminism: 1950's vs 2015
Feminism in the 1950's was way different than it was today. During the time period there was a baby boom and "suburbia." Many women who had worked during WWII were sent home and they fell back in to the stereotype. They were married off, had kids, stayed home and were a housewife. Many woman resorted to shopping as an outlet to being trapped which is why the stereotype of the woman began forming. Another major event that was going to start during the 50's was the civil rights movement and many oppressed groups were joining together to bring equality. One of those groups were the feminist and their role during the 50's was more focused on getting the equality between groups then on getting equality with men vs. women.
L.B Jefferies
Jefferies at first is very skeptic of women. He thought they were just an anchor that would him down. Like when he was arguing with Lisa, he was finding every excuse to not be with her. The men are represented as powerful and very over bearing of the women.
Lisa Carol Fremont
I feel that Lisa was portrayed as a weak women at the beginning just in love to a risk taker trying to help Jefferies. It can be argues her intentions to why she risked everything to help jefferies and I believe that she did it for herself. She did want to prove something to him that she can be independent and had a side he'd never seen. The women such as her as portrayed as submissive and clueless except her. She was out there and very independent of herself.
Lars Thorwald
Mr. Thorwald was portrayed as a brute for murdering his wife. He's cynical yet pensive to his actions. The way he was set up to be was very cruel and impatient for killing his wife over arguments that were built up over months of marriage,
Stella
Ms. Stella was shown as a dependent housewife. Her character was submissive to her husband. "You'd have to cut off my finger", this line refers to the strong devotion she has to her husband. This shows that Hitchcock tried sticking with the weak stereotype of women.
Ballerina Dancer
The dancer is portrayed as a huge sex icon through out the movie. She's dancing seductively and is most of the time see wearing a bandeau bra and dancing bloomers. I feel Hitchcock made it look almost as if she was an exotic dancer. i think because of her independence it seems as if she has the power but at the end we see her waiting for her husband who was at war.
Ms. Lonelyheart
Ms. Lonely heart is a dependent oppressed woman who is trying to be married and be a housewife. I feel like the men have the power her because she's seen waiting for a perfect man. we see this in the film when she almost commits suicide because she can't find the right one.
LT Doyle
He's seen as rude and impatient thru out the film. When Lisa tried backing up whatever Jefferies had to say about the thorwald case, he simply ignored her and didn't even consider what she said. He asked if she had "woman's intuition" almost mockingly. The men have power because he feels woman are naive and submissive.