The role of heroines

Rating: Null/10 (25 September 2015)

"Vertigo (1958)" is a story of the retired detective, Scottie, who has acrophobia. He investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, Madeleine. In Vertigo, acrophobia is important, but representation is also important in Vertigo. Heroines- in other words, women were always seen and she knows it. Women accept image of men to get love. Obsession of Hitchcock affect to the representation of woman. Someone always watch women. In Vertigo, Scottie secretly looked at Madeleine at the flower shop. Hitchcock shows us how women are watched. On the contrary, women enjoy to be watched by men. They make own images, untrue, as they wish. Judy disguised herself as a Madeleine. At the same time, women are idol of men. Man keeps watch and wants her to be an ideal woman. Without accept image, women cannot get love. In Vertigo, Scottie treat Judy as same as a dress-up doll. He force to wear his recommended dress, dye her hear to blond, and roll up her hair tight. He broke her identity and force him image on her. When she refuses his image, Scottie didn't sexually arise, and couldn't kiss. Changing appearance has important meaning for Judy and Scottie. In Vertigo, relationships between man and women, Scottie and Madeline or Midge, have a great effect.