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Voyeurism In Rear Window

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In the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film, Rear Window, the protagonist, Jeffries, becomes increasingly intrigued in watching his neighbors from his apartment building during his time in a wheelchair. The film effectively portrays voyeurism through the use of the camera angles which is intended to display scenes from the same limited perspective as Jeffries. His neighbors’ lives become the subject for the plot as he watches them perform various activities as a way to escape his own confinement. Each window embodies a different relationship, but is only focused upon when Jeffries directs his attention to it. His neighbors’ conflicted interactions help him escape his own personal issues. Through Jeffries viewing, he begins to notice the anxieties that
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