Captain Rogers story
The respectable owner of a quiet inn in 18th century England is blackmailed by a grubby stranger, who knows the innkeeper is secretly the notorious pirate Captain Rogers. Directed by: Alan Gibson. Story by: Harry Green, based on the story by W. W. Jacobs.
7 total · 1 choice · 4 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| having a skeleton in the closet | choice | The narrator spelled out the point of the story: that we all have things in our past that we'd rather forget, but we can never be sure who is still around and might come back to remind us. The story centers on an innkeeper, named Mullet, who was concealing the fact that he was formerly the notorious pirate Captain Roger. |
| being on the run from the law | major | Mullet was in fact the notorious pirate Captain Rogers with a price of 100 guineas on his head. |
| blackmail | major | Cawser plotted to blackmail Mullet out of half of the 3000 guineas he believed Mullet had amassed during their days as pirates. |
| leaving one's old life behind | major | Mullet had left his old life of being a notorious pirate behind him and was living as the keeper of a quiet and respectable inn. This was easier said that done as an old crewman showed up to blackmail him. |
| murder | major | Mullet strangled his blackmailer, Cawser. |
| father and daughter | minor | Mullet's adult daughter, Joan, learned that he had a skeleton in the closet. |
| medical occupation | minor | Surgeon Day treated Mullet after he collapsed suddenly. |