CHARACTERIZATION CHART FOR CHAPTER TWO OF “THELMA AND LOUISE”

Partial Scene Description – General factsCharacter & Specific Facts that Tell Us More the Character

Louise serves food to a table / Louise is competent and in control
Louise serves coffee to 2 young women / Louise is competent and in control; teases girls about smoking
Louise in the kitchen, smoking; calls Thelma; she is trying to get Thelma to go on a trip to the mountains with her; / Louise’ backroom face is different than her public face; she likes to do things that are a little unconventional like the trip to the mountains with another woman **Mary – is this right
Thelma in the kitchen takes the phone call; / Thelma is a housewife in an ordinary kitchen making food and cleaning.
Louise talks to Thelma; calls her little housewife; taunts her with “is he your husband or your father?”; makes faces at the fish tank / Louise likes to do unconventional things; Louise is being unconventional and impulsive in the way she talks to Louise and in making faces at the fish tank.
Thelma Talks to Louise, Darrell already thinks you’re out of your mind; puts the phone down, looks for Darrel in a fearful manner and hollers to him / Darrell’s opinion of Louise tells us she will go her own way and do things in an unconventional manner;
Darrel enters cursing at Thelma/Thelma and Darrell Talk – several shots; Thelma is unable to get up the nerve to ask Darrell about the trip / Darrell is nasty to Thelma, Thelma tries to placate him and is afraid of him;
Darell leaves the house / Shows us that Darrell is not only nasty to Thelma but ridiculous
Busy scene at the restaurant; phone rings; man picks it up, and Louise talks to Thelma
Thelma talking to Louise; takes first bite of frozen candy bar and returns it to the freezer
Louise talking to Thelma on the phone
Thelma in her kitchen talking to Louise – takes another bite of the frozen candy bar and puts it back in the freezer
Louise talking to Thelma on the phone; Thelma tells her she’s going
Thelma hangs up the phone and takes the rest of the candy bar out of the refrigerator; goes to pack
Louise gets into her convertible and drives away from work / The convertible is an unconventional car; confirms Thelma’s wild side.
Thelma starting to pack
Louise packing - Puts clothing and shoes in plastic bag in the suit case in an organized manner / Louise is neat, organized, and in control.
Thelma packing – not sure what to do; throws things into the suit case / Thelma doesn’t know how to pack; she is disorganized; she brings too much
Louise packing – more items are in the suitcase and she packs them in an organized fashion
Thelma packing – dumps the drawer into the suit case
Louse is dressing in a way that is neat and organized and almost mannish; she then listens to a message from man and puts a picture of a man face down / Louise likes to be in control; is not happy with her boy friend; putting the picture face down is another
Thelma packing – opens drawer with gun
Louise cleaning
Thelma packing puts gun in bag
Louise cleaning and neatly puts glass on towel on counter
Louise Drives up to Thelma’s house
Thelma comes out of the garage with lantern, fishnet and several bags / Thelma has brought too much stuff for a two day outing; Her preparation shows further naivete.
Thelma and Louise take their own picture
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