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This 5 page paper argues that Alfred Hitchcock's worldview is that evil lurks in mundane situations; that the evil can either be man-made or nature; and that its existence is illustrated by scenes from "North by Northwest" and "The Birds." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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resort to special effects to accomplish what he did with a solid understanding of human psychology, and what makes us afraid. Alfred Hitchcock has a complex worldview comprising many
factors and belief systems. This paper will argue that one of his most basic beliefs is that evil lurks in the most mundane situations; and that this evil can be
either man-made or natural. The paper will examine the idea of these two types of evil using North by Northwest as an example of the man-made danger that lurks in
mundane circumstances (specifically the crop-dusting scene); and The Birds, in which nature goes amok, for reasons that are never disclosed. North by Northwest This film remains one of the finest
ever made. It uses one of Hitchcocks favorite plot devices, the ordinary man placed in extraordinary circumstances that threaten his life. It invites us to ask ourselves, what would we
do if we were Roger Thornhill? Would we have his resourcefulness and resolve? Or would we be unable to save ourselves? For the stakes are as high as they can
get: life and death. In order to save himself and get to the bottom of the mystery in which he is entangled, Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) finds himself standing by
the side of the road in the midst of miles of cornfields. It is a bright, sunny afternoon and the prairie seems benign after the close confines of New York
City and Chicago, where he has been threatened by the suave and sophisticated Philip Vandamm (James Mason), a man who embodies pure evil. Thornhill is in rural Indiana to meet
"George Kaplan," a man who does not actually exist, but is a decoy created by the U.S. Secret Service to trap Vandamm. Thornhill is standing beside a two-lane blacktop
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