Jeffries Broken Leg Analysis

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Jeffries broken leg is a way in which his character is “castrated” as he is forced to relinquish his active role in the film and Lisa picks up this role as a way to continue the story and embrace masculine ideals that Jeffries admires which in turn earns her his favor. There’s a moment in the movie when Lisa climbs up the apartment building fire escape and sneaks into the suspected killers room to look for clues while unbeknownst to her the killer is on his way back to the building. All this happens while Jeffries is completely helpless and can’t offer assistance because of his broken leg, he is placed in a more passive and traditionally feminine role while he relies on Lisa to further the plot by finding proof of the suspected killers crime.

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