The Passersby story
At the end of the Civil War, wounded soldiers pass by the house of a woman. Directed by: Elliot Silverstein. Story by: Rod Serling.
7 total · 6 major · 1 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| American Civil War | major | PS: Note 1: There were soldiers from both sides, also Abraham Lincoln, and not clear that all the soldiers passed their homes on the way to whatever lay at the end of the road. :: We saw the aftermath of the American Civil war as a progression of undead Confederate soldiers passed by their old homes on the way to the hereafter. |
| coming to terms with one's own death | major | It so transpired that Lavinia too had recently died, she just had not recognized the fact herself yet. |
| coping with the death of a spouse | major | Lavinia was distraught because her husband had died in the war. |
| husband and wife | major | Lavinia was reunited with her husband Jud. |
| living corpse | major | One gathers that the war casualties traveling down an old country road were somehow dead or unreal. |
| the horrors of war | major | The story unfolds in a rural part of the Southern United States that had been ravaged in the civil war. |
| the desire for vengeance | minor | Lavinia had designs on killing a Yankee in retribution for her husband, a Confederate soldier, losing his life in the war. |