becoming like what you oppose theme
A character realizes that by acting like their enemy they are becoming like their enemy.
4 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 1 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Robot Stories (2003): My Robot Baby | choice | The story climaxes with Marcia realizing that she'd inadvertently followed in her own mother's footsteps and become a terrible mother herself. |
| as1985e2x13 | major | Charlene came to the realization that by regarding her husband with disdain for crying at the prospect of divorce, she had unknowingly mirrored her father, who had chastised her as a child for crying at her mother's funeral. |
| movie: All the King's Men (1949) | major | The story concerns the aspiring politician Willie Stark as he goes from being a humble "hick" to becoming governor of his state. When he realized that he was being outmaneuvered by his unscrupulous political adversaries he decided to become more Machiavellian himself. As governor, Willie succeeded in building up the state (e.g., roads, a hospital, a university, and a football stadium) but in so doing behaved in an at least as corrupt manner as the politicians he replace. |
| movie: Black Panther (2018) | minor | T'Challa accused Erik of having become like the colonizers whom Erik hated so. |