Mr. Blanchard's Secret story
Mystery writer Babs Fenton has an overactive imagination and suspects the worst when their new neighbor Charles Blanchard acts strangely around his wife Ellen. However, every time that Babs thinks that she has figured out the truth, she is proven wrong. Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock. Story by: Emily Neff, Sarett Rudley.
12 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| overactive imagination | choice | Babs' overactive imagination was explicitly mentioned and caused notable problems for her. |
| creative writing | major | The story consisted of Babs stream of consciousness as she, mostly, pondered her mystery novel in progress. |
| husband and wife | major | John and Babs Fenton. Charles and Ellen Blanchard. |
| neighbor and neighbor | major | The Fentons and the Blanchards. |
| spouse murder | major | Babs suspected Charles of having killed his wife. |
| controlling partner | minor | In Babs' imagination Charles bossed Ellen around before he killed her. |
| kleptomania | minor | Babs concluded that Ellen was a kleptomaniac. |
| legal occupation | minor | It came up on two occasions that John worked as a lawyer. |
| romantic jealousy | minor | Babs speculated that Charles was jealous. |
| the instinct for violence | minor | If Babs hadn't had the writing as an outlet, she would probably commit a few murders herself, she said. |