Hitchcock Post

There is an important theme of marriage that appears in most of the Hitchcock films. Through the plot of the films we get a sense that marriage is something to be mocked and made fun of. We can especially see this in Rear Window where Jeff is avoiding the beautiful Lisa who really wants to marry him. In order to get his attention she has to put herself in great danger which is pretty extreme over marriage. Also we see marital problems with all of his neighbors and with them and Jeff we can see how Hitchcock really dislikes the idea of marriage.
Another very common thing that we see in most of his movies are people who see things that they shouldn't. They act like peeping toms and because of this they get in some enormous trouble that is way over their heads. In rear window Jeff is bored and because of this he decides to watch his neighbors all the time. He then witnesses a murder and gets himself in some danger while trying to solve the murder. And then in Vertigo Scottie is hired to follow his friend's wife wherever she goes and he ends up falling in love with her, but then she "dies" and he ends up getting caught up in a murder situation as well. With these two films we see Hitchcock's message that one should not get into other peoples business and that it only leads to trouble.