"Rear Window" Relationships Analysis of Relationships in Alfred Hitchcock's Film, "Rear Window"

In the closing scene of the film the camera pans past a thermometer to reveal that a few months have passed. It continues over Jeff revealing that he now has to casts and is once again in a wheelchair. As the pan continues you see Lisa lying on the bed in an adventurous outfit as opposed to the dresses that she is used to; she is reading a book about the Himalayas but looks up to see that Jeff has fallen asleep and upon this observation she picks up an issue of "Harper's Bazaar." In the documentary "Rear Window Ethics" Robin Wood states that "it is cynical and realistic she keeps some of her interests" (Wood) because while she has adapted to his life in order to be with him, Jeff has also adapted so that he can be with her and that is what must happen in order to advance their relationship.…