Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo; an Interpretive Essay Vertigo is a psychological suspense-thriller written by Alfred Hitchcock in 1958. The movie tells the story of detective John “Scottie” Ferguson. After a rooftop chase, where his acrophobia and vertigo result in the death of a policeman, Scottie retires. Scottie is asked by an old college friend, Gavin Elster, if he would have a look into his wife, Madeleine's odd behavior. Lately, she's taken to believing that she is the reincarnation of a…
5 funniest moments of R-Truth's career WWE is not all heels and baby faces fighting it out in the ring. Every once in a while, there comes a character which provides comic relief to the audiences. R-Truth, the character played by Ron Killings is one of them. From his engaging entrance to his witty promos and his entertaining histrionics inside he ring, everything is cherished by the audiences. Currently, he may not be a major player in the WWE ( if you exclude his Golden Truth storyline ), but,…
In the beginning Bob tried to repeat words to make himself feel good, great and wonderful. Next you see Bob use a lint roller very excessively so that could be that Bob is Germa phobic or is suffering from OCD. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a disorder of the brain and behavior. (Elana Pearl Ben-Jospeh, 2012) When Bob walks down the hall he turns to an angle where he doesn't touch the walls, which could be that he is Germa phobic, and also OCD. If you also see Bob frequently moves his…
masterpiece for its time. Critics such as the ones from the Variety Staff have their own opinion and gave the review- “James Stewart, on camera almost constantly, comes through with a startlingly fine performance as the lawyer-cop who suffers from acrophobia.” I highly agree with this review due to the important role James Stewart plays in the misdirecting, and ever so suspenseful film. To begin, Stewart's acting matches his role perfectly. He does a very good job acting as the suspicious third…
Question #1: Although I have not read many critic reviews, the few I have read always shine light on topics I have not noticed in the film. These new discoveries help me to have a greater appreciation for that film and the work that was put in to perfect every scene. After reading a critic review, I discovered that Alfred Hitchcock’s, “Vertigo”, was based on a French Novel, “D’entre les Morts,”. The novel translates into Among the Dead, and is a 1954 crime novel by Pierre Boileau and Pierre…
Have you ever felt anxious or uneasy where your palms become sweaty and your heart starts to pound? That my friend is what society calls an onset of a fear that could possibly lead to a phobia. Some say phobia is a tense fear of something that, in reality, poses little or no actual danger or threat to a human. However, when your anxiety gets so serious that it interferes with your work and you start to avoid family and friends and it causes you to not enjoy life, you may be suffering from a…
have been lead to believe that Madeline Elster committed suicide, jumping out of the church bell tower at Mission San Juan Bautista. In the time following the suicide, Scottie becomes emotionally unstable and blames Madeline death on himself, his acrophobia holding his back from climbing the stairs to stop her from jumping. During this time, he is constantly reminded of her in his everyday life until one day his eye is caught by a woman who reminds him of Madeline, despite their difference in…
even if the actual object itself poses little, or no danger. There are three main categories of phobias: specific, social, and agoraphobia. Specific phobias are irrational fears of a certain object or situation. Examples include arachnophobia, acrophobia (fear of heights), and claustrophobia. Social phobias, according to the Mayo Clinic, are “a chronic health condition in which social interactions cause anxiety.” In other words, a social phobia is a fear of social situations pertaining to…
Learning is a concept in which a person’s way of life is changed by way of experience. Learning is important is our developmental process. This is because we learn about what is right and what is wrong by personal experience or by parental guidance. Everything around us influences our thoughts and actions. Two types of learning are classical conditioning and operant conditioning. Each conditioning method has a distinct way of invoking a change in the behaviors and actions in a subject.…
I would turn the lights on at the front of the house so that I had enough light to turn off the lights at the back of the house before I was able to leave the house. Another fear that I have coped with is Acrophobia, which is the fear of heights. Many people have these fears but a fear that I have never been able to get over is Spheksophobia. Every night when I go to sleep I always put my blanket over my ear because of the fear of a wasp coming into my room…