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 tableLouise serves coffee to 2 young women
Louise in the kitchen, smoking; calls Thelma; she is trying to get Thelma to go on a trip to the mountains with her;
Thelma in the kitchen takes the phone call;
Louise talks to Thelma; calls her little housewife; taunts her with “is he your husband or your father?”; makes faces at the fish tank
Thelma Talks to Louise, puts the phone down, looks for Darrel in a fearful manner and hollers to him
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
Darell leaves the house
Busy scene at the restaurant; phone rings; man picks it up; talks to Thelma and then 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
Thelma starting to pack
Louise packing - Puts clothing and shoes in plastic bag in the suit case in an organized manner
Thelma packing – not sure what to do; throws things into the suit case
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
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 and Louise take their own picture