hell hath no fury like a woman scorned theme
The Shakespearian observation that women may take extraordinarily badly to being rejected by someone they are romantically interested in, is put forth.
32 total · 3 choice · 18 major · 10 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) | choice | Lucia wanted to murder Ivan for having left her 20 years ago; Pepa acted crazy and broke things in her flat because Ivan left her |
| tftc1989e5x10 | 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. |
| tz2002e1x16 | choice | Spurned, Cindy stalked Ben by trapping him in an elevator among other things. |
| ahh1x27 | major | As Luis made it clear that hell would freeze over sooner than he would make good on his promise to marry Ruth, she summarily bashed his head in with a magnum wine bottle, tried to murder young Dominic who was a witness, and then attempted suicide with sleeping pills (prompting the viewer to wonder why she bothered to torment Dominic so first). |
| ahh2x11 | major | It would seem the final drop that drove Edith to murder, was the revelation that Gerald had resolved to up and leave her in the morning no matter what she said. |
| ahp2x23 | major | When Charles tried to leave Beryl, she poisoned him. |
| ahp3x28 | major | Central to the story was the fact that a seemingly mild mannered woman suddenly bashed her husband's head in when he proposed to walk out on her. |
| ahp4x18 | major | Leslie was mighty upset when Brad proposed to marry another woman. She made various threats about causing problems, and also stabbed her rival to death. |
| ahp7x03 | major | The conclusion of the story is that Maria, the marriage wrecking dwarf, avenges herself on Leo after he rejected her romantic overture. |
| ahp7x23 | major | Furious at Miles for having an affair, Miles wife Mrs. Cheever made a fake bomb threat with the goal of landing him in deep waters. |