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Shadow Of A Doubt Film Analysis
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The way Hitchcock controlled the prospective of the family by how Hitchcock himself felt about family since he had a bad relationship with his parental figures. This bad relationship can also be seen in the film. In Shadow of a Doubt is there is not much of parental figures to Charlie and her siblings, since both of her parents worked. It also seem that the parents were quite clueless for what their children would say and ask and on what was truly going on with secrets that Uncle Charlie and Charlie were hiding. A different aspect about this family the Charlie points out is the her and Uncle Charlie are "like twins" where they think alike and feel a distinct connection. This is not normally seen with long distant family normally. This family may have been presented like and
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Charlie finding out that Uncle Charlie was a murder kind of played with the morals of having a normal ordinary family that may have some difficulties here and there but does not normally think all the time that a far away family member may be a killer. Uncle Charlie also played with Charlies moral in trying to draw her into helping him out with his crimes. During this time the American attitudes on both Charlies was new change and having a more interesting life instead of hiding in the shadows or a small town or deaths. The values that both Charlies have in not wanting to hurt the mother/sister in knowing that Uncle Charlies was a killer of women who used money uselessly. The significance of suspicion in the story line brought up the thrill of truth, guilt, and death. The death of Uncle Charlie showed that Charlie was also some what calculative when trying to free herself from Uncle Charlie and knew the right moment to push him. This aspect is quit interesting in how Charlies learned to some what think like her uncle which made her attitude of loving her uncle deeply to suspiciously doubting his thinking and way of doing

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