DIRECTOR: ALFRED HITCHCOCK
LEAD ROLES: James Stewart and Kim Novak
TYPE OF WORK: Full-length film
GENRE: Mystery/Suspense
LANGUAGE: English
PRODCUTION TIME & PLACE ·
1957; Los Angeles
RELAEASE DATE: 1958
SETTING: San Francisco
PROTAGONIST: Scottie Ferguson
MAJOR CONFLICT: Scottie cannot accept the death of Madeleine and struggles
to re-create her in another woman who, unbeknownst to him, was behind
Madeleine’s death.
RISING ACTION: Scottie gradually descends into madness as he falls
in love with Madeleine, loses her to an apparent suicide, and then
attempts to recreate her in Judy.
climax · The world of illusion Scottie has created for himself
is permanently shattered when he discovers that Judy had duped him
by playing the role of Madeleine and faking a suicide as part of
a plot to murder the real Madeleine Elster.
falling action · In an effort to free himself from the acrophobia and
romantic delusions that led him to this point, Scottie drags Judy/Madeleine to
the scene of the crime at the top of the bell tower; Judy confesses
to the crime and falls to her death when she is startled by the
shadowy figure of a nun.
THEMES: Death as both attractive and frightening; the impenetrable nature
of appearances; the folly of romantic delusion
MOTIFS: Power and freedom; tunnels and corridors; bouquets
of flowers, spirals
SYMBOLS: Sequoia trees; the color green
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