The external Double as a Means of Recovering the Dead Sweetheart in Bruges-la-Morte, by Rodenbach, Sueurs froides: D’entre les morts by Boileau-Narcejac and Vertigo, by Hitchcock: D’entre les morts by Boileau-Narcejac and Vertigo, by Hitchcock

Abstract

In this paper we present a study of three manifestations of the double objec-tive, seeking to penetrate the psychology of the widow or the lover, to reveal his obsessions, his fantasies, his desires and his errors. This theme is related to those of love and death, and myths of Pygmali-on, Ophelia and Orpheus. All this will lead the story to a tragic ending, the moment where the protagonist will face the bitter reality.