Hitchcock even spells out the time 2:43 in the afternoon, that being the only time poor girl has to go to bed with her lover, sacrificing her lunch time and at once establishing an illicit affair. In the opening camera movement itself Hitchcock makes us aware of being voyeurs and creates a visual impression of despair and solitude in the scene. The novel on the other hand opens thus: “Norman Bates heard the noise and a shock went through him. It sounded as though somebody was tapping on the window pane… Then he realized that the sound was merely rain” (2). Norman Bates’ interest in Psychology and the Oedipus situation is abruptly revealed through his conversation with his mother. The opening passage even cheats the readers as according to Truffaut “since she doesn’t exist, that is obviously misleading, whereas the film narration is rigorously worked out to eliminate these discrepencies”
Hitchcock even spells out the time 2:43 in the afternoon, that being the only time poor girl has to go to bed with her lover, sacrificing her lunch time and at once establishing an illicit affair. In the opening camera movement itself Hitchcock makes us aware of being voyeurs and creates a visual impression of despair and solitude in the scene. The novel on the other hand opens thus: “Norman Bates heard the noise and a shock went through him. It sounded as though somebody was tapping on the window pane… Then he realized that the sound was merely rain” (2). Norman Bates’ interest in Psychology and the Oedipus situation is abruptly revealed through his conversation with his mother. The opening passage even cheats the readers as according to Truffaut “since she doesn’t exist, that is obviously misleading, whereas the film narration is rigorously worked out to eliminate these discrepencies”