hysterical woman stereotype theme
A female character exhibits a stereotypical prolonged outburst of excessive emotionality, typically by screaming.
14 total · 2 major · 12 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Marnie (1964) | major | Marnie became hysterical for various reasons. The color red or thunder might set her off. |
| movie: Night of the Living Dead (1968) | major | Barbara was mostly frozen while Ben did all the work, then she went classical hysterical on remembering her brother, then she fainted, then she was mostly catatonic |
| ahp2x01 | minor | Milicent was crying hysterically while her family was plotting how to cover up the murder she'd just committed. |
| ahp2x04 | minor | Fitzhugh disingenuously characterized his sister thusly when he spoke to the fireman. |
| movie: Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) | minor | A woman went into hysterics while on the witness stand at Ted's trial. |
| movie: Family Plot (1976) | minor | As the car was speeding out of control, Blanch became the pantomime of an irrational and hysterical woman while George tried to save the day. |
| movie: Star Crystal (1986) | minor | Sherrie had a habit of completely losing her nerve in times of danger. She screamed "We're all going to die!" when it became apparent that the space station was going to explode, and later went into a near catatonic state upon finding the dessicated body of a fellow crew member. |
| movie: The Godfather (1972) | minor | Michel proclaimed Carlotta hysterical and had her taken upstairs to await a Doctor |
| movie: Virtuosity (1995) | minor | Madison briefly went into hysterics upon learned that her young daughter, Karin, was being held by a sadistic, serially killing android. |
| movie: Wild Strawberries (1957) | minor | Sten derided Berit for her female hysteria |