Learning Objectives: - Develop understanding of key scenes later in the film - Develop an opinion about the concept of the story as a re-telling of Greek Mythology - Consider the main characters in the story

Scene in Ransohoff’s Store (and afterwards)

Judy: “If I let you change me, will that do it? If I do what you tell me, will you love me?” Scottie: “Yes-yes” Judy: “Alright then, I’ll do it. I don’t care anymore about me” Scene in Ransohoff’s Store (and afterwards)

The final scene

Scottie: “He made you over just like I made you over – only better. Not only the clothes and the hair, but the looks and the manners and the words….And then what did he do? Did he train you? Did he rehearse you? Did you tell you exactly what to do and what to say?” The final scene

Orpheus and Eurydice The musician Orpheus loses his wife, Eurydice, to death and ventures into the underworld to rescue her, only to lose her again. Her death is the fault of Orpheus – he fails to follow the instruction not to look back at his beloved as he leads her out of Hades.

Character Analysis Scottie Madeline Judy Midge Wood Gavin Elster

Hitchcock films preoccupied with voyeurism Vertigo Psycho Rear Window

Key Themes Imbalance Death Voyeurism Betrayal Love Identity