The Last of the Midnight Gardeners story
A magazine editor has a wife and a secret lover. For his magazine, he launches a competition for a story involving the perfect murder. His wife encourages him to enter it himself. Directed by: TBA. Story by: Tony Wilmot.
7 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| how to murder someone and get away with it | choice | Magazine editor Walter Oates held a contest to see who could write the best story on how to commit the perfect murder. |
| creative writing | major | Jane encouraged Walter to enter a story of his own into his "how to commit the perfect murder" story contest, and he took marked pleasure in writing it. |
| extramarital affair | major | Walter was having an affair with his secretary Edna. |
| husband and wife | major | Walter Oates was having an affair behind his wife's back. |
| spouse murder | major | Jane tricked her husband into writing a story about how to commit the perfect murder and then used the method therein to do away with him. |
| unplanned pregnancy | minor | Edna shocked Walter by telling him that she was pregnant with his child. |
| wicked husband stereotype | minor | The story began with Walter being very mean to his loving wife. |