Hitchcock's Motifs

Acknowledgements
Introduction
 
Part I:  Hitschock, Motifs and Melodrama
Introduction
Three motifs
     Home movies
     Cigarette case/lighter
     Milk
Melodrama and Hitchcock's motifs
An elaborated motif:  the Bed Scene in Rebecca and Marnie
A melodramatic motif: hands
Diagrammitc representations
Overview of the key motifs
 
Part II:  The Key Motifs
Bed Scene
Blondes and Brunettes
Cameo Appearances
Children
Confined Spaces
The Corpse
Dogs and Cats
Doubles
Endings and the Police
Entry Through a Window
Exhibitionism/Voyeurism/The Look
Food and Meals
Guilt and Confession
Handcuffs and Bondage
Hands
Heights and Falling
Homosexuality
Jewellery
Keys and Handbags
Light(s)
The MacGuffin
Moters and Houses
Portraits, Paintings, and Painters
Public Disturbances
Spectacles
Staircases
Trains and Boats/Planes and Buses
Water and Rain
 
Appendix I: Episodes
Appendix II:  Articles on Hitchcock's motifs
Appendix III:  Definitions
References
Filmography
List of Illustrations
Index of Hitchcock's films and their motifs
General Index