Soul in Suspense

Neil Hurley demonstrates Hitchcock's covert preoccupation with spiritual themes-conscience guilt false accusation crises as catalysts of character development personal romance the salvation of nations and the unjustly accused. This last theme is linked in profound ways to Hitchcock's secular Christ types who find purpose and undiscovered courage and companionship in having to disprove falsely imputed guilt in <I>I Confess The Wrong Man Veritgo North by Northwest Psycho The Birds Marnie</I> and <I>Frenzy</I>. (The last three also feature feminine Christ parallels who undergo Passion/Resurrection experiences marked with visual religious clues.)