Narrative treatment in Todorov

Todorov's narrative structure

Equilibrium:

Our main character lives with a strict family and is ruled over by her wealthy parents. She is forced into doing feminine activities such as flower arranging or gardening etc. 

Disruption:

She becomes interested in this one particular flower called Wolf's Bane. Otherwise known as Women's Bane or Devil's Helmet and her interest soon brings her Father his death because of its deadly poison. His case of death is masked as a natural heart attack instead of poison which saves her from being suspected. Our main character was not affected because she wore gloves. 

Disequilibrium:

In her future life, as a successful woman now, she coincidentally comes across the same flower again which triggers the memory of killing her Father in the past. She becomes curious again about the flower again and ends up killing another man. This gives her pleasure and satisfaction so she chooses to continue killing. She decides to only target men and lures them in by seducing them. 

Attempt to restore equilibrium:

A detective starts to watch her and tries to catch onto her and her serial killings to prove of all her crimes. She soon realises that she is being watched so she tries to keep them away. 

New equilibrium:

Our main character chooses to end her own life by using the same flower on herself so that she can keep control on her own life because she doesn't want to be dominated by others. The cause of our main character's death gives the narrative an ironic ending because the film ends how the film has started.