Shadow of a Doubt illustrating the evilness of Uncle Charlie

I must be very careful with what I reveal of the story for it is important for the viewer to be'deceived' when they first 'meet' the characters. With 'Shadow of a Doubt' he creates another suspensefilled chilling drama. It's no little known fact that Hitchcock was among the pioneers of the suspense thriller genre. This entry was posted in Uncategorized by Brian E. In the end, Charlie settles for her life in a small town, burdened with the secret of who her uncle truly was. Charlie sees her uncle as a possible escape from the simple life of her hometown, and while his arrival does exactly that, things quickly escalate between her and her uncle, making her wish for him to leave so that she can return to her daily life once again. Similarly, her Uncle Charlie finds himself with no clear direction in his own life and chooses to live with the Newton family in an attempt to escape the police and rekindle bonds with his family. Charlie is dissatisfied with her family’s simple life and searches for a deeper purpose in her life.

While the Newton family may live a standard suburban life in America, many of these family members are anything but simple. This genre-bending allows for complex character development that is unpredicted by the audience. By combining both stories, Hitchcock creates a unique cross of genres within Shadow of a Doubt, combining Charlie’s coming-of-age story with the thrilling and suspenseful conflict of her uncle.

However, both plots are not as simple as they originally seem. On the other hand is a man living an unpredictable and lonely life of lawlessness, on the run from two men.

On one hand, the audience is given insight into the life of the Newton family a family with a very simple and stereotypical suburban life. In the opening scenes of Shadow of a Doubt, the film seems to follow two separate – and dissimilar – storylines.

Shadow of a Doubt illustrating the evilness of Uncle Charlie