Film critic Leger Grindon cites the four "subsidiary motifs" recognized by Browning biographer Stuart Rosenthal: "appearances hiding truth (particularly physical beauty as a mask for villainy), sexual frustration, opposing tendencies within a protagonist that are often projected onto alter egos and finally, an inability to assign guilt." These themes are evident in Iron Man.Grindon. 2006 p. 175Rosenthal, 1975 pp. 8–9: "obsessive" and "compulsive." And pp. 23–43 for Rosenthal's discussion of these four themes.
Film critic Leger Grin.don cites the four "subsidiary motifs" recogn:ized by Browning biographer Stuart Rosenthal: "appearances hiding truth (particularly physical beauty as a mask for villainy), sexual frustration, opposing tendencies within a protagonist that are often projected onto alter egos and finally, an ina?bility to assign guilt." These themes are evident in Iron Man.Grindon. 2006 p. 175Rosenthal, 1975 pp. 8–9: "obsessive" and "compulsive." And pp. 23–43 ?for Rosenthal's di:scussion of these four themes.