Place of Shadows story
Ray Clements travels to a monastery to get revenge on a crook who is taking sanctuary there. Father Vincente advises him to choose forgiveness, and Clements is forced to leave. Clements later kills the crook's partner in self- defense and takes sanctuary at the same monastery. He tells Father Vincente that he no longer wants revenge, but the crook has already died. Directed by: Robert Stevens. Story by: Robert C. Dennis.
8 total · 1 choice · 5 major · 2 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| actions have consequences | choice | Brother Gerard extolled Ray to consider his actions carefully because we can never undo a life taken. After shooting Unser we heard Ray's conscience and that he would never forget the face of the man he had killed. |
| Christianity | major | We saw a Christian monastery, heard religious talk by the abbot, and Ray observed a mass. |
| murder | major | Ray went to the monastery to kill Rocco. Ray was suspected by the police of having murdered a man in the train station. The abbot asked if Ray would commit murder in the monastery. |
| sacred sanctuary | major | Both Rocco and Ray had taken sanctuary in a monastery. |
| the desire for vengeance | major | Ray was inconsolable and wanted to kill Rocco even after Ray had had his money returned. |
| theft | major | Rocco had stolen $13,000 from Ray, who in turn had "borrowed" it from his company. |
| coping with the death of a parent | minor | Ray's father had recently died of a heart attack. |
| law enforcement | minor | Two police officers came to the monastery looking for Ray. |