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Shadow Of A Doubt Analysis

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“Shadow of a Doubt” was directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1943 (IMDb). The film introduces the excitement of Young Charlie (Teresa Wright) because of her Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten) arrival. Young Charlie was sure that her uncle would break the monotony in the house because he had been crushing for him. After that night two people named Jack Graham a questioner man and a photographer Fred Saunders comes their house conducting survey of newton’s family but Charles refuses to be interviewed. After spending a day, Jack takes Charlie on a date where she finds out Jack Graham who is pretending to be an interviewer is police detective investigating her uncle Charlie. Sometimes later, the Young Charlie began to understand the truth about her uncle …show more content…

Uncle Charlie takes his niece Young Charlie to the seedy bar where he bullied her. The waitress who was Young Charlie old schoolmate and she was impressed by the ring that Uncle Charlie gave Young Charlie. Waitress wishes a man could come and give him a ring like that. However, young Charlie clearly understands a gift from a man does not imply love or romance. It can sometime mean secrecy, abuse, rape or even murder. The film shows how difficult it is for women to win. If women want excitement and luxurious life may end up falling for the wrong people like Uncle Charlie. Consequently, suffer the fate as the widows who were …show more content…

There are numerous high-angle and low-angle shots of people in conversation, giving a stilted view of the social scenes. In particular, Uncle Charlie is very often seen from a very low-angle view, making his appearance appear more threatening. Moreover, there are numerous shots looking up or down stairways that heighten this effect. But the overall production values are not really up to Hitchcock’s usual standards. There are numerous jump-cuts (awkward on-axis editing cuts) that distract the viewer. In addition, Dimitri Tiomkin’s soundtrack music is mostly loud, brassy band music that is merely intrusive and only detracts from the

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1. Charlie doesn’t feel like he belongs ever. Either he is not smart enough or too smart. There is never a happy medium with society. When he can tell he obviously is different it makes it harder when everyone points it out.

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Charlie was an observer; he never got involved or talked to people. Soon Charlie was following in his mother’s foot steps.

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At the age of just fourteen, Charlie’s mother had been struck very hard by her boyfriend and was knocked unconscious in front of Charlie and started bleeding (117-118). He was fourteen years old and had already started to see this abuse and cruelty. During Stevenson’s first talk with Charlie, Charlie said, “‘There were three men who hurt me on the first night. They touched me and made me do things.’ ... ‘They came back the next night and hurt me a lot’ …

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Like everybody around here’s been saying, Charlie, it’s not right.” Charlie’s response to that was, “But how can you say that, Fanny? What’s wrong with a man becoming intelligent and wanting to acquire knowledge and understanding of the world around him?”Charlie was disappointed in Fanny when she said that it wasn’t very possible for Charlie to become smart that quickly. This is another very important event that happens in this story because Charlie tries to change himself to fit in and then realizes that’s not what matters. What matters is that he’s happy and it doesn’t matter what other people

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For instance, Hitchcock purposefully used specific shots to captivate the acting and emotions of each character. In The 39 Steps, Hannay and Pamela (Madeleine Carroll) estranged and juxtaposition relationship, is what saves this film from being more than just suspense but helps add a romance touch to the film. When Hitchcock used wide shots, he captures the Hannay and Pamela’s emotional discomfort. The primary shots that Hitchcock uses in The 39 Steps, are close-ups instead of wide shots. Hitchcock uses close-ups to create suspicion in characters’ faces.

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An experience that changes Charlie is when Charlie’s father dies. This experience changes him when he says, “When the undertakers came to wheel my father’s lifeless body out to the hearse, it was as if they took my childhood with them. Like other boys, I still wore ‘Knickerbockers’ in the schoolyard. I played ‘queenies’ and marbles too. But once the lessons were over, I returned home and stepped into the long pants of adulthood.

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