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This paper relates that Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window" suggests that Hitchock often underestimates the woman in male-female relationships, which can lead to either a positive, equal relationship or disaster, depending on the man's ability to accept the woman's more highly developed role. Next, the author examines the relationships between Jefferies and Lisa Freemont and between the couple across the courtyard to illustrate this belief. The paper concludes that in both relationships the men are underestimating the women, which Hitchcock suggests is a dangerous thing to do.

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"As both Jefferies and the audience discover at the end of the film, he has grossly underestimated Fremont. Despite eventual protests from Jefferies, who worries that she will get hurt, Lisa undertakes the very adventurous task of investigating Mr. Thorwald, whom they both suspect of murder, herself. She starts by slipping a note under his door so Jefferies can watch him react from his apartment. Then, she becomes even more adventurous by sneaking into Thorwald's apartment, even getting arrested in the process!"

Sample of Sources Used:

• "Rear Window Script-Dialogue Transcript." Retrieved March 2, 2009, from Script-o-rama.com. Web Site: http://www.script-o-rama.com/movie_scripts/r/rear-window-script-transcript-hitchcock.html

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