This scene shows Norman as
enjoying voyeurism which links into Laura Mulveys theory about the male gaze.
This was talked about in her essay, ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’ This
is a result of the Male Dominated Cultural Dominant Ideology due to the
overwhelming amount of male directors and producers. Psycho is no different due
to being directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Auteur theory states that a directors
films reflect his personal creative vision, which can be seen with Hitchcock. Hitchcock
was much of a voyeur in real life with a thing for blonde women. For example
Hitchcock developed a strong obsession with actor, Tippi Hendry after working
with her on The Birds and bombarded her with cruel sexual overtones and
ruthlessly tried to control every aspect of her life. The painting he takes off
the wall to look through is called the rape of Lucretia. This connotes that
this is what Norman is imagining and it is almost as if he is raping her with
his eyes.
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