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Compare And Contrast Rear Window And The Birds

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Ashley McCormack
A Woman’s worth
“Rear Window” and “The Birds” are two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Many aspects of these two films correlate and display the occurring themes and motifs presented in films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. However there is one theme that sets the rest apart; blonde women. The blonde women in both of these films are essential in executing the story line. Being blonde is not the only thing the two women have in common; however, both Lisa and Melanie are prestigious, high class, sophisticated, rich, and seductive. These two women know what they want and are determined to get it. In “Rear Window” Lisa is pursuing L.B. Jeffries, the same way Melanie in “The Birds” is pursuing Mitch. Both women go to extreme

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