Introduction

Melanie's Gender Deviance

Opposing Gender Role Options

Melanie's Coercion by the Birds

Threat of Diegetic Sound

Conclusion

References

 

Opposing Gender Role Options

In The Birds, Hitchcock sets up two opposing foils of Melanie Daniels. These two foils present Melanie with different gender role options. Annie represents a woman liberated by the Sexual Revolution, while Lydia represents the conservative social norms of an older generation.