Captain Nemo and the Underwater City story
Captain Nemo holds some passengers that he saved from a sinking ship captive at his secret underwater city.
12 total · 6 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| arms trade | major | Senator Robert Fraser wished to leave Templemer to put an end to arms dealing. |
| human vs. beast | major | Templemer was under threat from the giant manta ray Mobula. |
| human vs. captivity | major | Nemo held the passengers of a sinking ship captive in his underwater city. |
| misanthropy | major | Nemo so hated mankind that he build a city on the sea floor where him its inhabitants could be isolated from civilization and its ills. |
| post-scarcity economy utopia | major | The inhabitants of Templemer had all their material needs provided for because Nemo made machines to convert ocean resources into useful goods. |
| underwater city | major | The story largely took place in Nemo's secret underwater city, Templemer. |
| brother and brother | minor | Barnaby Bath and Swallow Bath. |
| claustrophobia | minor | Lomax suffered from bouts of claustrophobia while confined aboard the Nautilus. |
| greed for riches | minor | The brothers Barnaby Bath and Swallow Bath plotted to scuttle off with enough of Nemo's gold to make them millionaires. |
| mother and son | minor | Helena Beckett and Phillip Beckett. |