2. • States that Scotties’s voyeurism is blatant: he falls in love with a woman he
follows and spies on without speaking to.
• His sadistic side is equally blatant…Once he actually confronts her, his erotic drive
is to break her down by persistent cross-questioning.
• Midge is a male imitation, Spectator figure Someone the
female spectator identifies with?
• Scottie also loses his beloved by looking at her.
• The spectator’s identification with Scottie is disturbed by the flashback scene; from
that point on we watch his struggle.
• Judy can only be beautiful if she has the courage to accept the
potential Madeline in her. (Someone who is not real)
• Suggests that due to Hitchcock’s fascination with femininity throws masculine
identity into question and crisis.
• Points out that in the second half our POV is split between Scottie and Judy.
• Transformation scene is a “Breathtaking moment of romantic fantasy fulfillment.”
