Themes and plot devices in Hitchcock films Themes and plot devices in Hitchcock films Alfred Hitchcock's films show an interesting tendency towards recurring themes and plot devices throughout his life as a director. This article lists some of the themes and plot devices that occur repeatedly in his films. There are images of birds in nearly all of Hitchcock's films. Some of the most prominent are listed below. Black people appear mostly as background characters in many of his films, except Philippe Dubois who is both intelligent and clever, The church have appeared in some of this films, Cultured villains have been shown in many of his
Alfred the Great epithet as "the Great" rather than any of Alfred's contemporaries. The epithet was retained by succeeding generations who admired Alfred's patriotism, success against barbarism, promotion of education, and establishment of the rule of law. A number of educational establishments are named in Alfred's honour: The Royal Navy has named one ship and two shore establishments HMS "King Alfred", and one of the first ships of the US Navy was named USS "Alfred" in his honour. In 2002, Alfred was ranked number 14 in the BBC's list of the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide vote. One of the first items