The most influential scene of the movie was when Bill assaulted Dr.Tuttle on the ridge, you can feel the anxiety rising as he begins to attack her yet she fights back turning the screen on its head. Dr.tuttle goes from victim to murder mystery suspect while keeping the audience on her side. The least influential scene is when Dr.Tuttle is in the hospital, she apparently spends days there but nothing really changes after she leaves. It was simply an excuse to have some days pass. The Accused is typical with its content of rape, by not showing the reality of the majority of the time of how the victum is powerless to fight of the assult of the perpetrator. The Accused shows an optimistic take of the victim not only surviving but turning the tables …show more content…
I was also surprised that Dr.Tuttle down right killed Bill instead of just fighting him off or getting away. I had not thought much about how a victim might act after fighting off an assaliant, I never considered the psychological trauma that might be incureded even when successfully fighting off an assailant. The Accused sheds a new light on how a victum might act after such a traumatic experience with Dr.Tuttle unnecessarily hiding and sabotaging the invenstigation despite her only acting in self defense. I believe that within the context of The Accused rape is treated fairly legally. Dr.Tuttle although not explicitly said likely didnt get in any trouble after the events that took place. She wont be charged with murder despite killing someone because it was self defense from rape. In The Accused Dr.Tuttle hardly acts like a victum and much more like a perpetrator. Despite being the victum in the movie she acts and behaves like the bad guy. I don't think the movie is wrong for this interpretation but it dose fail show any greeted insight on the true plights of victims of rape. Dr.Tuttle is only outed as the victum after the boxing