Sexuality in Vertigo and American Beauty
In Sam Mendes’ American Beauty and Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo the characters of Angela and Judy are both similar. Angela and Judy are both using their sexuality a symbol of their womanhood to obtain what they want in life. However, both Angela and Judy are not women. They have no idea what a woman is. In their struggle to become women while using their sexuality to obtain what they want from men they learn that …
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…and controlled. No matter how hard Angela and Judy try they are always second best. When they realize this, their reactions are different and in stark contrast to one and other. Angela is able to salvage her life while Judy is not based on the way they are treated by the men in their lives. However, they both learn that to becoming a woman is something within not something that can be copied from others.
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