Death on a Barge story
A fishmonger ignores his friends' warnings when he falls for a vampire. Note: Based on the short story "The Canal" by Everil Worrell Directed by: Leonard Nimoy. Story by: Halsted Welles.
11 total · 8 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| boyfriend and girlfriend | major | Ron and Phyllis. |
| forbidden love | major | Ron fell in love with a vampire. |
| human vs. captivity | major | Hyacinth's father kept her captive on a barge to prevent her from satisfying her vampiric bloodlust. |
| infatuation | major | Ron became infatuated with a mysterious woman, named Hyacinth, who appeared to him from a barge in the nighttime. |
| romantic infidelity | major | Ron lost interest in his girlfriend Phyllis, who still loved him, and became infatuated with Hyacinth. |
| to kill or to spare | major | Ron and father both had a dilemma regarding whether to kill the vampire they loved. |
| unrequited love | major | Ron lost interest in his girlfriend Phyllis, who still loved him, and became infatuated with Hyacinth. |
| vampire | major | Hyacinth turned out to be a vampire. Her father had confined her on a barge, because, as we learned, vampires were unable to cross bodies of water. |
| father and daughter | minor | Hyacinth and her father. |
| loneliness | minor | Hyacinth confided in Ron to being lonely aboard her barge. |