Jess-Belle story
A mountain girl enlists a witch to help her win back her lover. Directed by: Buzz Kulik. Story by: Earl Hamner, Jr.
16 total · 3 choice · 9 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| love triangle | choice | Jesse-Belle, Billy-Ben, and Ellwyn. |
| obsessive love | choice | After getting spurned by Billy-Benfitting in at work, Jesse-Belle turned to witchcraft to make him fall for her head over heels for her. A bewitched Billy-Ben fell madly in love with Jesse-Belle. Billy-Ben with Ellwyn. |
| romantic jealousy | choice | Jesse-Belle couldn't stand to see Ellwyn marry her ex-boyfriend Billy-Ben and she turned to witchcraft to make him her own. Ellwyn categorically denied Jesse-Belle's accusation that Ellwyn was jealous of her. |
| deal with the devil | major | In this cultural context, we know that the witch that Jesse-Belle sold her soul to was a minion of the Devil. |
| engaged couple | major | Jesse-Belle and Billy-Ben were to be married, but she died before the wedding ceremony. Billy-Ben got engaged to Ellwyn, called it off in dramatic fashion, only to re-engage wit Ellwyn toward the story's end. |
| female-female rivalry | major | Jesse-Belle taunted Ellwyn after stealing Ellwyn's fiancée. later she tried to kill Ellwyn. |
| hell hath no fury like a woman scorned | major | The story began with Jesse-Belle promising vengeance for having been spurned. |
| love potion | major | The remedy for Jesse-Belle's problem came in a bottle. |
| mother and daughter | major | Jesse-Belle reluctantly confided in her mother about her appeal to witchcraft in the lead up to her weddign with Billy-Ben. |
| old woman as a witch stereotype | major | Jesse-Belle sought help from an old witch who lived alone in a rustic cabin. |