Emanuel Levy
Cinema 24/7
In many of Hitchcock’s films, there’s a symbolic value of ordinary objects and body parts, especially hands and eyes:
Eye (Eyes)
Eyeglasses
Flowers
Hand
Keys
Lamps (especially night lamps)
Portraits
Staircases
Statues
Swords
Keys:
Keys feature prominently in Hitchcock’s movies, in both literal and figurative ways.
Keys often represent control over a situation, a person, or a house, and so on.
Movies (in alphabetical order)
Dial M. For Murder
Notorious
Rebecca
Stranger on a Train
Under Capricorn:
When Lady Henrietta is given the keys to the household, it signals her return to strength.
1 Hitchcock: Objects–Keys
In many of Hitchcock’s films, there’s a symbolic value of ordinary objects and body parts, especially hands and eyes:
Eye (Eyes)
Eyeglasses
Flowers
Hand
Keys
Lamps (especially night lamps)
Portraits
Staircases
Statues
Swords
Keys:
Keys feature prominently in Hitchcock’s movies, in both literal and figurative ways.
Keys often represent control over a situation, a person, or a house, and so on.
Movies (in alphabetical order)
Dial M. For Murder
Notorious
Rebecca
Stranger on a Train
Under Capricorn:
When Lady Henrietta is given the keys to the household, it signals her return to strength.