Four-Sided Triangle story
Mary Jo, a fugitive on the run, is forced into labor on the farm of George and Luisa Yates, who abuse her constantly, in exchange for being sheltered from the police. One day, Mary Jo suffers a head injury and believes that a scarecrow is her lover, which the Yates plan to use for their benefit. Directed by: Tom Holland. Story by: James Tugend and Tom Holland.
15 total · 10 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| blackmail | major | The viewer is made to understand that Mary Jo couldn't leave the farm where she is forced to toil as a helper, because she is on the run from the law. |
| crime against the person | major | Mary Jo was abused in various ways, although precisely what crimes may have been committed was rather vague since Mary Jo herself was on the run from the law and more or less willingly stayed on the farm, to begin with. |
| hallucination of a non-existing person | major | Mary Jo fancied that she had a man who would eventually work up the courage to make love to her. Alas, it was the scarecrow she had become besotted with. |
| husband and wife | major | The main antagonists George and Luisa Yates were a married couple. |
| love triangle | major | Luisa fancied George, who fancied Mary Jo, who fancied the scarecrow man. |
| mental illness | major | The Yates' thought Mary Jo had gone soft in the head after receiving a blow to it, thinking that the scarecrow wanted to make love to her. The ending suggests that it was all a ruse by Mary Jo, although things are left open to interpretation. |
| romantic infidelity | major | George was constantly trying to have his way with Mary Jo right under his wife's nose. Luisa expressed to George in no uncertain terms that she would castrate him, if she ever caught him cheating on her. |
| romantic jealousy | major | Luisa was concerned when she understood her husband lusted after Mary Jo. |
| sexual assault | major | George spent his days and nights pondering how he could go about raping Mary without his wife Luisa catching on. |
| unrequited love | major | George lusted after Mary Jo, who was evidently revolted by him. |