The Wedding Ring story
Wax-museum dresser Herbert takes a ring from a statue and gives it to his wife Lois as an anniversary present, which turns her into a wicked seductress. Directed by: Danny DeVito. Story by: Steven Spielberg, Stu Krieger.
9 total · 1 choice · 6 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| magic object | choice | The story concerns a mysterious ring that somehow turned its female wearers into wicked seductresses. |
| be careful what you wish for | major | Herbert wanted his wife to spice things up in the bedroom, and he found a mysterious ring that seemed to make her do so. He got more than he bargained for, however, when she turned into a cannibalistic seductress. A man eater in the double sense, as it were. |
| coping with a bad boss | major | Lois was bullied by her unsympathetic boss Haggerty at the diner. She eventually quit. In the end, the boss got what he had coming to him when he chanced upon a mysterious ring that Herbert had wisely discarded. |
| husband and wife | major | Herbert and Lois celebrated their wedding anniversary in a most unusual way after Herbert gifted her a possibly demon possessed ring. |
| loser character | major | Lois were stereotypical prospectless character. Lois was so dependent on her work at a sleazy diner that she dared not defy her boss' request to cancel her wedding anniversary plans in order to work. Herbert had a go-nowhere job at the local wax-museum. |
| promiscuity | major | A mysterious ring turned Lois into a wicked seductress. Lois' boss gave off lecherous sleazeball vibes. |
| spouse murder | major | Lois, under the influence of the mysterious ring, had thinly-veiled designs on butchering her husband. The "Black Widow" was said to have butchered three of her husbands. |
| coping with unwelcome romantic attention | minor | Herbert was initially ecstatic when a magic ring turned his wife into a sex-craving seductress. He soon came to regret the change and sought to avoid the nymphomaniac that now pursued him relentlessly for sex. |
| theft | minor | Herbie purloined a ring from a wax museum display and gave it to his wife as an anniversary present. |