When the murder is about to take place, a high angle camera shot as Joe begins to ascend upstairs to Duncan’s sleeping quarters is layered with the dark shadowy lighting elucidating a sense of anxiety and hesitancy as he attempts to
Ella
Gender: is rooted in the fact that Duncan objectifies her throughout the movie and thus Ella’s murder of him reclaims power through status and fame (capitalistic ambition) but one of autonomy where she suppresses the male gaze. Ambition: Ella is more ambitious and controlled than Joe. While Joe’s moral complexities are experienced