Rear Window

At the beginning of the movie Jeffries is having a hard time seeing a future with Lisa because he has pretty much decided that he could never marry her. Her life is too extravagant for him and he wants someone to be his equal, but without asking her, he just assumes she will never change. During this time, the Composer is playing a lone melody in his apartment by himself. Lisa tells Jeffries that the song is about them and it is after that that they both talk about what their future together may hold. Miss Torso shows Jeffries the pros of the single life and he even tells Lisa that her apartment is probably like that much to her dismay. To counteract Miss Torso, Miss Lonelyhearts is always depressed because she cannot find the man of her dreams. Just by watching her, the viewer quickly determines that she hates being single and genuinely feels bad for her. At the beginning the Newlyweds are, as expected, so in love and experiencing marital bliss to the full extent. Lastly the Thorwalds show what an unhappy marriage to the wrong person can look like.

Through piecing the murder together, Jeffries realizes that Lisa would do anything for him and that her career and current life does not matter as much as he does to her. During the movie, the Composer gradually starts having more people over and even some parties where livelier music is played which parallels Jeffries’ and Lisa’s relationship becoming stronger and much happier. Also Miss Torso has had many men over and flirted with quite a few so it is a surprise when her military boyfriend shows up. He obviously has no idea what has been going on and it proves that what you do not see really matters because even Jeffries had been under the impression that she was single. The Newlyweds fall out of marital bliss and the married life sets in with subjects like finances becoming more prominent.

Jeffries and Lisa become so involved in figuring out the Thorwald murder that they do not seem to realize how it is surprisingly bringing them together and displaying how well they work as a team. The viewer can plainly see that they have more in common than they believe and that they can make it work. Hitchcock’s use of the other tenants shows how easily a person can become involved in other peoples’ lives without even realizing what is happening within their own. Jeffries’ and Lisa’s relationship could have quickly deteriorated more if Lisa had not chosen to believe Jeffries. The fact that they worked so well together as a team proved that they belonged together. Lisa’s decision to dig up the bones in the garden and to even break into Thorwald’s apartment is a kind of metaphor for marriage showing that she is in it for the long haul with Jeffries. She proves to him that they are a team now and she will always be there to support him.