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when the dog died and the lady was upset everyone came out to watch

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Miss Lonelyhearts' sadness is associated with her lack of a husband, especially through the imaginary date scene

-Grace

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Binoculars and camera replace Jeff's eyes when he is watching his neighbours - dehumanising him

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the shot of detective Doyle watching Ms torso with the male gaze

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“we’ve become a race of peeping toms what people auto do is get outside their own house and look in for a change” -Stella, the characters are losing their dignity when they watch other people and their business.

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Hitchcock positions the audience to adopt a self-observing pattern through Stella reinforcing the fact that one is "ought to go outside their own house and look in for a change"
Catherine

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Due to Jeff getting into Thorwalds business, it led to him getting attacked and thrown out a window

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everyone watching as Jeff was hanging out the window about to fall towards the end of the movie, instead of trying to help.
-Ang

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Dog being killed for venturing too close to Thorwald's garden

-Grace

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The long camera lens symbolises the dominance of the male gaze, invading privacy

Brianna

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Miss Lonelyhearts suicide attempt, Jeffries just watches

-Grace

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Hitchcock personifies the social purpose of voyeurism within the moment of which Jeff looks hopefully up to Doyle after his confrontation with Thorwald and asks "did we get him?"
Catherine

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Initially opposed to voyeurism, but accept it after realising it has a purpose (solving a mystery)

-Grace

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Jeff avoiding his life and responsibilities regarding him and Lisa by focusing and distracting himself with voyeurism.
-indi

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as Jeff wasn't able to act on his thoughts about ms Thorwald, Lisa was able to do it for him
- sas

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Lisa scaled the building in a dress and heels rather than sitting back and letting the men take over

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Lisa and Jeff both watch from the window as Miss Torso juggles multiple business men and has to physically push them out of the door. Although she was fine, she wasn't in a very safe situation as she as often objectified by men as a sexual object throughout the film.

- Sienna

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lisa dresses in fancy and expensive clothing, where she also goes out and climbs the building etc rather than letting a man do it.
-Ang

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Hitchcock characterises the notion of character's appearance being confounding through the appearance of Ms Torso's disproportionately unattractive partner returning from military service, displaying that Ms Torso may seek a certain depth out of her partners regardless of her "bikini bombshell" appearance.
Catherine

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Lisa is reliant on Jeff to propose in order for her to fit in to society particularly the high class society.

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Hitchcock gives all the characters in his film secrets, no matter their gender, age status they have things they hide. Mrs torso is introduced as a seemingly single woman trying to find a partner by hosting men at her apartment, but we find she has a boyfriend that she had kept a secret.
-cloe

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From the outset of the film, Hitchcock positions the audience to view everything from Jeff's perspective and Jeff's judgement.

Brianna

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Secrets are apart of human nature, and almost everyone has something to hide. In rear window voyeurism is the most prominent secret. Jeff knowing about people's private/secret lives prying into his neighbours lives.

He knows all their secrets...
evidence: Doyle says “that’s a secret private world you’re looking into...couldn’t possibly explain in public”

-Katie

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Through the difficult Thorwald investigation Jeff and Lisa became closer with the end suggesting they do get married and Lisa's dream of marriage is achieved.

Brianna

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To Jeff, Miss Lonelyhearts looks lonely (as per her name) and in a way pathetic as someone of her age during the time period would normally be settled down with a man. Jeff is quick to judge her, by the end of the film she is seen happy with a man.

- Sienna

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At the very beginning of the film when the women who are naked sun baking on top of the building are watched by a hovering helicopter. Their privacy is completely being invaded.

Jas A

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Mrs Thorwald is reliant upon her husband, and referred to as the "nagging wife". However, one must question whether she is really sick, or faking her illness in order to trap her husband in the marriage. This is as she can be seen jumping out of her bed once he leaves the room in order to eavesdrop on his conversation, and later confront him.

- Sienna C

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After Miss Lonelyhearts suicide attempt, no one supports her through this as Jeff just gazes at her through the rear window.

-Romy

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Hitchcock uses powerhouse women to surround his main protagonist to display a new light upon the role of women and what they are truly capable of. Lisa and Stella both show strong morals and power over Jeff both physically (looming over him sitting in his wheelchair).
- Meg

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As Jeff watches the newlyweds from his rear window there is a kuleshov effect shot of Jeff and what he’s watching out window and then cuts back to him and we see a reaction of him as he watches them intimately.

-Romy

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Towards beginning of film >
Lisa is willing to provide for her and Jeff if it means she can stay with him >
he is threatened by this

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Hitchcock displays Miss Lonelyhearts as lost and vulnerable without the protection of a partner. She is portrayed mainly sorrowful with a real emphasis on the lack of companionship
- Meg

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When the dog dies the woman yells “you don’t know the meaning of the word neighbours” demonstrating the lack of connection between the neighbours despite their close living in Greenwich apartment block. Hitchcock may be emphasising the importance of community and that people need to be there for each other.

Jas A

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Jeff questions whether his voyeuristic behaviours are ethical.

Seen through the Kuleschov effect where a close up shows Jeff looking out his window, then a cut to a long shot of the newly-wedded couple who are in an embrace, then a cut back to a close up of Jeff showing him looking away. This highlights that he understands his actions are intrusive and not ethical, however, he returns to watching them.

- Sienna C

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In a sense, Hitchcock allowed Stella to be invested in changing Jeff's opinion on marrying Lisa which developed tension between the two

lorelei

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Jeff uses his Job as a photographer to distance himself from people between a lens. He shows little interest in actually getting to know his neighbours and would rather avoid polite conversation and get straight to the grit and secrets. To him this is a much easier way to understand someone without emotion attached.
- Meg

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Jeff uses his neighbours as a distraction from his own life. He spends his time engaging in voyeuristic activities, "welcom[ing] trouble" instead of trying to overcome the flaws in his relationship with Lisa. As Stella suggests, Jeff should "look in for a change" instead of becoming consumed in the lives of others.

Jas A

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Initially, women are only perceived and judged for their physical appearance, evident through the labelling of "Miss Torso", however, as the film progresses, Miss Torso defies these judgements and expectations of her by showing compassion towards the death of the neighbours dog and seen in a relationship with an physically unattractive partner, showing that she is more than her physical appearance but is capable.

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Through Jeffs relationships with women Hitchcock is able to show how women were negatively perceived in the time period, particularly through the male gaze. However, as the film progresses, so does Jeffs relationships, and so his perception of women changes, and their strengths and capabilities are exposed, Hitchcock arguing that if Jeff is able to change his perceptions of women, then perhaps it is possible for society to do the same.

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When the dog dies, the woman comes out onto her balcony and shouts "neighbours like each other, speak to each other, care if anybody lives or dies, but none of you do.". This use of dialogue reinforces the theme of people enjoying watching one another's suffering.

Indie G

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In the beginning of the film, Stella exclaims to Jeff that when she married her husband, they were both "maladjusted misfits" and even though they are still maladjusted misfits, they have "loved every minute of it". This showcases Hitchcock's intention of presenting romantic connection as essential to one's happiness.

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Throughout the beginning of the film, Lisa is constructed as being materialistic and wealthy. This is done through misc en scene such as costume. She is shown in an array of different dresses accompanied with pearl necklaces which create a wealthy seeming character. This is reinforced through the use of dialogue when Jeff describes her as "never wearing the same dress twice". This is later contradicted in the film when she makes the daring choice to sneak into Thorwald's apartment. In this scene, she is filmed in a wide shot, which aims to showcase both her character and the surrounding environment. The audience is able to observe her in the apartment from Jeff's point of view which conveys Hitchcock's message that appearance is not a true indication of who someone is.
Indie G