Eye of the Beholder story
A woman wrapped in bandages after facial surgery hopes that she will no longer be ugly. Aliases: The Private World of Darkness Directed by: Douglas Heyes. Story by: Rod Serling.
9 total · 2 choice · 5 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| beauty is in the eye of the beholder | choice | While Mrs. Tyler was a bombshell as judged by human standards, she was deemed a hideous deviant by the people of the pig-like race of people to which she belonged. |
| lookism in society | choice | A small minority of human-looking people were discriminated against by the pig-looking people. |
| coping with being an outcast | major | Mrs. Tyler and Mr. Smith lament their prospects as outcasts. |
| coping with being disfigured | major | Mrs. Tyler subjected herself to 11 treatments in a desperate effort to transform her "ugly" face into a normal looking one. |
| medical occupation | major | We saw a doctor and some nurses working in a hospital. |
| the need to belong | major | The revoltingly ugly Mrs. Tyler longed to look normal enough to not be treated as a freak by society. |
| totalitarian dystopia | major | Leader worship, and control of beauty standards seem indicative enough to label this speculative government totalitarian. |
| conformism in society | minor | The State's leader used the catchphrase "It's the norm to conform" in a speech he gave in which he urged conformism on everyone. |
| flat-panel display | minor | The State's leader's speech was show all over the hospital on large, flat-screen televisions. |