test of love theme
One character is concerned about whether their romantic partner really loves them and does something in order to test this.
Examples
In futurama3x06 "Bendless Love", Bender wonders whether Angelyne is really in love with him. To find this out he seduces her in the guise of her ex-husband, Flexo, and is upset to find that she falls for him.
10 total · 3 major · 7 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| futurama3x02 | major | Fry removed the super parasites from him in order to see if Leela loved him for who he really was. |
| shortstory: The Superperfect Bride (1929) | major | It turned out that Doctor Goddard had perpetrated the elaborate fiction that Eve was a surgically created perfect woman, and that Broderick must submit to be himself surgically altered to be perfect, as part of an elaborated test to assay Broderick's fitness to marry Eve. |
| tftc1989e5x01 | major | Ma and Pa Brackett tested Judd's self-professed love for their hideous daughter, Winona, by arranging to see whether he would kill her and escape his captivity in their home when given the chance. |
| ahp5x05 | minor | Although not mentioned explicitly, this story makes sense only if Dave had instructed Arnold to seduce Cindy before killing her. |
| futurama3x06 | minor | Bender pretended to be Angelyne's ex Flexo in an effort to assess whether she loved him or Flexo. |
| movie: The Face of Another (1966) | minor | Mr. Okuyama seduced his own wive, Mrs. Okuyama, while he was disguised in his mask, presumably at least in part to see whether she would do it. |
| play: Candida (1894) | minor | James appears to test Candida's love by deliberately leaving her alone with Eugene |
| play: Cymbeline (1611) | minor | Posthumous sent Iachimo to test Imogens faithfulness |
| play: The Merchant of Venice (1598) | minor | Portioa purported peevishly to prove Bassanio's passions by pressing him into relinquishing the ring he had promised to keep safe |
| play: The Merry Wives of Windsor (1598) | minor | Ford arranged to test his wife's fidelity by having Falstaff seduce her |