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Ethical And Moral Values In Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window

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Alfred Hitchcock’s film Rear Window sort to challenge the ideas of ethical and moral values of the characters throughout the film can change or affected by situations and circumstances in different ways. Some character in the film consolidates this idea, as both and Lis and Stella at the beginning of the movie seems to disagree to moral values of Jeff, as they show a strong disputation of his impulsive behaviour throughout. The obsession of Jeff towards observing his neighbourhood has a great impact in the film. In the film, Jeff’s characterise as a great person and have a good moral values base on his personal principles and the way he acts but the fact that he entering other people life because of his own pleasure reinforce the idea that

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