English 375
Prof. Jerry McGuire
April 4, 2007
Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock is a fabulous director. Hitchcock's films usually fall into the categories of his characteristic themes. These themes include: the transference of guilt from a guilty person onto an innocent person, the police pursuit of an innocent man; the double-chase motif in which an innocent man pursues the culprit while he himself is being pursued by the police; the deceptiveness of appearances; the sudden outburst of violence and absurdity in the midst of the most mundane everyday activities (Fabe 140). The theme that fits most with his film Notorious is the deceptiveness of appearances.
The leading lady in Notorious, Alicia Bergman, is persuaded into working for the American Federal Bureau of Intelligence. The FBI is looking to find the major players of a Nazi group that is planning to take over the world. Alicia is to use her sex appeal to get into the house of one of these men. The FBI chose her......

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