The Screaming Woman story

rbt1985e1x05 · 1986-02-22

A little girl hears a woman scream while playing in the middle of the forest. When no adults believe her, the girl decides to take matters into her own hands and investigates. Directed by: Bruce Pittman. Story by: Ray Bradbury.

12 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 7 minor

Theme	Level	Motivation
what if I told the truth and nobody would believe me	choice	The little girl Heather tried to convince various skeptical people that she did indeed hear a woman scream from beneath the ground in the forest.
father and daughter	major	Heather's father at first didn't believe her when she said she someone singing from beneath the ground in the forest. When he herd her hum a song he had once had the victim compose for him, he eventually put two and two together.
human childhood	major	The imaginative little girl Heather as she investigated the source of strange womanly screams emanating from the woods.
spouse murder	major	The titular screaming woman turned out to be Mrs. Nesbitt, wife of Mr. Nesbitt who had made an inept attempt to kill her by burying her alive.
what it is like to be buried alive	major	Throughout most of the episode the viewer must imagine what it would be like to be buried alive and slowly suffocating to death, as the intended victim had very nearly done.
creative writing	minor	In the introduction, Ray Bradbury shared with the viewer the wellsprings of creativity that inspire his writing.
divination	minor	An intimidating Yokel persuaded Brdbury to try out a dowsing stick in order to come up with his next story. [dowsing]
friendship	minor	Heather's childhood friend, Dippy, reluctantly accompanied her into the woods to dig up the ground from where Heather heard a woman's screams.
husband and wife	minor	Mr. and Mrs. Leary were seen parenting together over breakfast.
law enforcement	minor	Heather observed as the police arrived at a neighbor's door. The police arrived at the scene of Mrs. Nesbitt's premature inhumation at the story's conclusion.