Came the Dawn story
"Norma", a criminal hitchhiker stranded on the side of the road in a thunderstorm, catches a ride with Roger, a seemingly timid rich man who invites her to stay in his cabin while the storm clears up. As she prepares to rob Roger's cabin of its valuables, Norma learns that Roger already has a woman in his life, and that he and this woman are closer than she thinks. Directed by: Uli Edel. Story by: Ron Finley.
14 total · 1 choice · 6 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| hell hath no fury like a woman scorned | choice | Norma had just avenged herself on her cheating husband and planned on teaching Roger a lesson as well, thus avenging herself on mankind on the behalf of all woman-kind. Roger, it transpired, had a second persona who was a jealous vengeful female similar to Norma. |
| be wary of strangers | major | Roger encountered an attractive young woman on the roadside and invited her to spend the night with him at his home, oblivious to the possibility of her harboring ill-intentions -- intentions that she, indeed, had. |
| romantic infidelity | major | Roger in his alternate persona were women who stooped to spouse murder to get back at their unfaithful (ex-) partner. It was suggested that Norma might have doing the same thing before absconding with Dave's pickup truck. |
| spouse murder | major | Roger in his alternate persona were women who stooped to spouse murder to get back at their unfaithful (ex-) partner. It was suggested that Norma might have doing the same thing before absconding with Dave's pickup truck. |
| theft | major | Norma had stolen Dave's truck. Norma planned to rob Roger blind. |
| what if I had multiple personalities | major | In a surprise twist, it tuned out that Roger had a deranged, female alter ego. |
| womanizing man | major | Norma unceasingly remarked on how men were unfaithful and untrustworthy. She had just avenged herself on her cheating husband and planned on teaching Roger a lesson as well because Roger was hitting on her despite being taken. |
| boredom | minor | Norma's body language conveyed her overt disinterest in Roger's plot summary of the opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini. |
| greed for riches | minor | Norma went back into Roger's house to steal a diamond necklace, instead of fleeing while she had the chance. This move sealed her fate as another victim of Roger's deranged alter ego. |
| living corpse | minor | The story is presented by the Crypt Keeper, a cackling, wisecracking cadaver. |