During the ‘Home Invasion’ how is the spectator implicit to the attack?

During this scene the spectator is forced to see the violent act that Alex and his “droogs” take out on a husband and wife in their own home. Kubrick has not let us align with Alex in this scene as we may change our opinions towards him and may think of him differently. We see that he wears a mask that also doesn’t let us align with him as he looses his identity with the spectator and then speaks directly to the audience and removes us from the attack in case our feelings change towards him.

We are denied the woman’s point of view during the attack and the only point of view shot is from the male victim who is on the floor.  Other camera shots are either extreme close ups or mid shots of the woman’s body. The women are seen as erotic objects for the spectators watching the film and also for the characters within the film. This leads us into a theory by Laura Mulvey published in 1975 called “Visual Pleasure and the Narrative Cinema” otherwise known as “The Male Gaze.” Other points of this in the scene include when she goes and answers the door to Alex, there are lots of mirrors around showing several viewpoints of her and this appeals to the spectator as they get a viewpoint of her body. This is where the women are seen as passive in the film as her husband orders her about. Another thing is that everyone else is wearing different clothing. Alex and his droogs are wearing white while the older male is wearing something different. The spectator is automatically drawn to the female because of the colour of the clothing. It is bright and eye catching. Also she is seen as different and doesn’t fit in with everything else. After the home invasion scene we never see her again and this also supports the fact that she was a passive character and only something for the spectator to view while watching the film.